Halloween
Boo! It’s, finally, Halloween! The kids have been asking about it since spring and it’s here! This one is going to be a little different as Alison has to start-out on her trip to Brno, Czech Republic before Trick-or-Treating time. Alison hated to have to miss it, but luckily she was able to be there for the Red Hat Family Halloween Party and the Goddard Trunk-or-Treating celebration. But, we’ll get back to that in a moment. The day started out fairly normal with Kendall...
Read MoreKendall as the Buttercup Fairy
The photographer at the Goddard Fall Fest sent us these amazing pictures of Kendall dressed up in her prized Buttercup Fairy Halloween costume!...
Read MoreHalloween!
It’s Halloween! Still one of my favorite holidays, even if I’m not doing the dressing up anymore. 😉 Lucky for us, Halloween is a big deal at Red Hat and we always have one of our excellent parties. This year, they really pulled out the stops and had “haunted” elevators in the morning when we arrived, with decorations, sound effects, even including staff dressed up like creepy operators that took us to to our “final destination“–mwa-ha-ha!!! They...
Read MoreRed Hat Halloween Party
Tonight was the annual Red Hat family Halloween party! Brandon brought the kids to the tower and we got them ready to head inside. They look pretty fantastic, don’t they? Brian makes a fierce Viking, and Kendall makes the most beautiful buttercup fairy! Once we were ready, we headed in for the main event, and a wild time was had by all. It’s fairly chaotic and crowded, but the kids had fun playing silly carnival games, getting candy and prizes, and taking a tour through the...
Read MoreDecorative Gourd Season
It’s decorative gourd season, y’all! We don’t do things halfway around here, so we have gobs of gourds, and piles of pumpkins. Kendall was looking festive in her Hello Kitty Halloween outfit! Brian had a teacher workday today, and he did some artful decoration with the gourds on the stairs, and had a happy-face hot dog & mac and cheese lunch, thanks to Brandon! We made our Darth Vader and Kitty pumpkins, surprising Kendall with them when she got home. I started the...
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