4th Annual Christmalloween!

I'm discovering how much I enjoy annual traditions. It's so fun to look forward to our favorite yearly celebrations, and I love saying "The (insert number) Annual (insert holiday/party/celebration)".

With the holiday season upon us, we have many of these annual traditions to look forward to! We kicked off the fun this week with the 4th Annual Christmalloween.

What is Christmalloween, you may ask? Allow me to elaborate. 4 years ago (so I'm told - I wasn't around in those days), "the boys" were at their house on Halloween and started giving away random items from their house to trick-or-treaters. The concept of giving gifts rather than candy soon developed into a full-blown Christmas party that now involves house decorations, Christmas movies, a Christmas Cookie station, and lots of wonderful gifts for all of the children.

So Wednesday night we adorned our red and green (I forgot to get a photo of us! bummer!) and headed out to participate in the festivities. It was a great night and the kids absolutely loved it! Several kids came running up yelling "The Christmas House! The Christmas House!" and I think we saw a few little characters come through the toy line more than one time. What a fun night - here's some photos:

The cookie/cupcake decorating station:


Santa Josh handing out gifts to the kids.

This lucky girl got the That's So Raven puzzle:


A Hello Kitty pack - "You're a kitten and she's a kitten!"

A Pslams calendar for the too-old-to-trick-or-treat-kids:

Friends:


What a fun night - we can't wait until the 5th Annual!