Our family is incredibly blessed to have almost all our close relatives within 15 minutes of each other. Caleb and Noah are especially privileged to have 6 great grandparents within that radius and to see them on a fairly regular basis. So for Halloween, and really any holiday, we have to plan in advance where and when we are going to be to make sure we can visit with everyone! It helps to stagger the visits so we started our visiting on Friday and went pretty much straight through until Saturday night. The boys did great with all of the in/out of the car, smiling for pictures and being dressed up all day and they made out like bandits in terms of candy and treats! I again am just going to let the pictures give the timeline of the weekend as I think they tell it best!
We started out Friday morning heading over to visit my mom's parents in Souderton, Great Grandma and Grandpa Hertzler.
Next we went to Mitch's mom's mom, Mimi, who lives only a few blocks from where we live.
Mimi's husband, who passed away 20 years ago, was a fireman for the Perkasie Fire Company and Mimi brought out his helmet and dusted it off for the boys to see...
...and wear! Mimi told Caleb he could wear the helmet around trick or treating the rest of the weekend and he was thrilled! He kept it in a special spot in his room each night and even got the flashlight working!
Friday afternoon we headed to Gigi and Great Grandpa Hollenbach's house, my dad's parents who also live a few blocks from us. That was the end of our Friday adventures because we had a Reformation party at church to go to (where the boys dressed up like Caleb and Noah from the Bible).
Saturday morning we headed back to Souderton to visit Mitch's dad's mom, Tootsie, and the boys loved playing with the animals she gave them.
After Tootsie's house we went to my mom's Aunt Jane and Uncle Gene's house in Souderton who also are like a set of grandparents to me.
Almost every time we go to their house, Aunt Jane gives the boys "meat sticks" (kind of like ring bologna) from the Blooming Glen Caterers and the boys LOVE them! Noah's ready to tear through the packaging like a real dog!
After Jane and Gene's, we went to my parent's church because they were having a Harvest Festival and the boys got to do lots of really neat activities, like make a birdhouse which they are doing below with my dad.
Even Noah got in on the hammering action!
Here we are taking a hayride with some of my mom's friends and their children. This is where I unknowingly lost my cell phone when it dropped out of my pocket. Fortunately it was found and I eventually got it back!
Riding mini tractors around a "field".
Saturday night, we were invited to dinner at my friend Laura's house and here are the boys dressed and ready to go! Her two boys were Woody and Buzz Lightyear and ours were a fireman and his dalmation (which I'm sure you know by now!).
Stopping at Mitch's parents' house, Grammy and Pop, for even more treats!
And finally ending the night, minus 2 stops at Mitch's parents' friends and the neighbors on our row when we got home, at my parents' house who the boys call Maw and Paw (Grandpa and Grandma that got shortened).
Hoep you all had a wonderful weekend and GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!
3 comments:
Looks like the boys had a wonderful halloween!! Dave loves the beef sticks from Blooming glen too, what a great treat!
So fun! I can't believe the "rounds" you make...but you are right...how special to have all of these so close...don't I know it...I miss home!
I can't show JJ the 'riding the tractors" pictures as he would try to jump into the screen!
btw, great outfits!
Wow you've been busy! What a blessing to have so many great grandparents and grandparents living so close.
Your boys look adorable! Love the costumes.
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