Today is Halloween!! One of our favorite days of the year!! We were so excited to get to school today for our parade and parties! Mama came to my class first where we were all getting ready for the parade. I was a vending machine for Halloween!



                                     

The 4th graders don't get to dress up in costumes for school but we got a free Fall colors tag day and we all got to get outside to watch the K-2 kids parade in their costumes. All my friends and all the big kids in the school LOVED Finn's costume. I think he may have won the best and most creative costume all around!



Then the parade began! The Kindergarten classes were first and Mama and all the other parents and students in the school were outside to see us. We all looked so great in our costumes. I was a storm trooper and Mama said I looked great!









Then my class came along. I was holding up the rear and everyone loved my costume. All the big kids were yelling out to me that I had the best costume around! I was really proud. Then we headed inside to have a little party in our classroom!







All the K-2 teachers dressed up in a Winnie the Poo theme. They looked super cute!



Mama came to my class to check out our party for a little bit. We had cupcakes and snacks and drinks. It was great!





                                     

                                     



Then Mama got to see me and my classmates having our Halloween celebration! We were so lucky because it was a gorgeous day and we got to spend the afternoon outside playing and running around. Eating snacks and having fun! It was a great day!

                                     












Then it was time for the real fun! Nana and Papi came over to see us in our costumes. 





                                       

Then we headed to Monsignor's house for our first trick or treating of the night! He tried to scare us but we weren't scared! But we did get our pick of the full sized candy bars!! Woo Hoo!

                                     

                                     

                                      

Then it was time to get to the good stuff! PopPop kindly came over to hand out candy at our house. Then we went trick or treating with Liam and a bunch of the big boys! Mama and Daddy came and Mama was a hit with her jellyfish costume!

                                     

                                     

                                      

                                     

                                     

When we got home we dumped our haul and got to work on trading!! It was an awesome and super fun night. Success! We can't wait until next Halloween already. But until then, we can't wait to eat all this candy!





                                     

                                     

This morning was my field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium! And I was really excited because Mama was able to be a chaperone! Our group was me, Ollie and Hideke...boy is Mama in for an action packed day!

                                     

                                       



We got to the aquarium and we were so excited to start our adventure!



                                     



We got to see so many great things. Sharks and fish and....





                                     

...We even got to touch things!! Horseshoe crabs and stingrays! and even jellyfish!!!

                                    

                                     

We even got to take a peek at the famous turtle, Caliope, that is missing a flipper. She is HUGE and so pretty!





And we got to check out lots of fish and under water plants and snakes and frogs and the rain forest. It was So awesome!!!









Then we got to do a class and we found out that the giant turtle, Caliope, started her life here at the aquarium the size of a shoe box. Now she's over 200 pounds!!! So cool!



                                     

Then we got to check out the dolphins from under the water and then we got to see them put on a show for us in the arena. It was SO COOL. I love dolphins!







                                     

                                     

Later we went out to celebrate Papi's birthday!! We went to El Sapo Cuban Social Club! It was their opening night and we thought that it would be a huge pain in the butt...but we were wrong! The food was amazing, the service was great and we had a really fun time running around inside and out and playing with our baby cousin Chance!! It was such a super fun night!









                                      

                                      





Our little baby Chance thinks he's just one of the boys! We're ready to take him under our wing and let him run around with the big guys!!



                                      



When we got home I really wanted to take some pictures of our awesome pumpkins and spooky house before Halloween. It all looks so great. We're really proud of our cool decorations!