InstaFriday: Preparing for Halloween

It is almost Halloween! 

Our family still has so much to do:

A trip to the pumpkin patch.

Four separate Halloween parties.

Carving Pumpkins.

And of course, trick-or treating!

(boo to the fact it is on a Monday night this year)

But, we have squeezed in a lot of Halloween fun already:

Decorating the front of our house.

Baking Halloween cupcakes.

Shopping for and trying on costumes.

We were "boo-ed", complete with four sets of plactic vampire teeth.

At first, Vivian wanted nothing to do with them . . . let alone make a scary face.

(BTW, I have to admit that some of the other kiddos' faces scared me a little.

Vivan finally tried them for a group picture.
She is not really feeling it.

Dressing in black and "boo-ing" our neighbors. 
We were caught at one house, but that almost made it more fun.
Running for cover after ringing the doorbell with four kids in tow
was one of the funniest things I have experienced in a long time. 
You should have heard the giggles coming from Eliza.
Priceless.

And wearing our long-sleeved Halloween shirts as many times as the

crazy hot Southern Californina weather will let us.

What are you doing to get ready for Halloween?

Link up your Halloween photos at Life.Rearranged.