Right after Grayson's school day, we hopped in the car to head to one of our favorite activities of the Halloween season...BOO BASH!!! This is the awesome party that Adam's work throws for Mars employees and their families. There are some definite perks that come from a Daddy who works for a candy company! Here are Jake and Izzy together for the first time....
See the resemblance now?
Ready to head in...
Caution: M&M crossing
Yo Ho Ho!
This year, Boo Bash was actually downscaled and held at the factory. Adam was a little disappointed in it, but the rest of us thought it was amazing! These are just some of the MANY photos I took in front of M&M paraphernalia. They are all over the place there...So colorful and happy! Also, it smells amazing there!
All of the employees put in so much thought, time and creativity to make a "theme" for their area. Snow White was obviously Avery's favorite...
Here is Izzy walking the plank..
and Jake shooting hoops...
and then ending up in Wonderland!
As if they didn't get enough candy, the afternoon ended with some ice cream treats, donuts and apple cider. I have to say, they did not ask to eat a single piece of candy while we walked around for almost two hours (even though we were surrounded by it at every turn)! So these ice cream treats were well-deserved I think.
Finally....about 15 minutes from home, they fell asleep in the car. Are we bad parents because we let them continue to sleep there for a while after we got home? I feel like we can kind of get away with it now that we have an attached garage! (Don't worry, I kept the car door and the door to the house opened and literally checked on them every 3 minutes).
We only did this because we knew they would need their energy for trick or treating a few hours later (yes, we are the odd ball city that Trick or Treats on the Friday night before Halloween!)
They were ready to go!
First they practiced at our own house. Thanks to Mom Mom, Bob Bob, and Nonna who handed out candy at our house so that we were able to go out Trick or Treating and meet some of our new neighbors!
We met up with one neighbor and soon we had a whole group of us!
Gray did awesome! He tried so hard to keep up with the big kids, but finally gave in after over an hour of running. The temptation of M&M's helped!
As you can see, our neighborhood was definitely Mars dominant! I was so hoping for some more PB cups or Reese's pieces since I am never allowed to buy them (Hershey products). But we are happy that our new hood indirectly supports our family by buying Mars!
So hard to believe that last year we trick-or-treated in this neighborhood, along with Madi, soon after we listed our old house for sale (since our old house didn't have sidewalks and wasn't really safe for trick or treating). I clearly remember "dreaming" that one day we could live in this neighborhood. Still can't believe that this dream really came true. We LOVE our new house and neighborhood so much!!! I think we were just as happy, if not more so, than the kids were that night! We are blessed!!
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