School Halloween Costume Parade

Every year at Halloween, the girls elementary school has a huge costume parade, followed by class parties. This is a change for us, as our previous elementary school did not celebrate Halloween during school hours. Kids were not allowed to wear costumes and the parties were curriculum parties, i.e. "the sink or float party" or "healthy eating party." A Halloween carnival was held in the evening for families, so it was an okay compromise and I understand the reasoning behind it.

I do have to admit, however, it does make me smile to see the girls so excited to wear their costumes to school. Although, Paige almost didn't make it to school on this day because she kept worrying about whether this was the day everyone was wearing a costume. She kept asking me, "mom, how do you know everyone will be wearing a costume? What if I get on the bus and no one else is wearing a costume? What if I am the only person wearing a costume? Are you sure I can wear my costume to school?" She was so worried, she started getting me paranoid, but I double checked the date and eventually sent her off to school with costume.

Here are the girls in the school parade