hello from hartfield: Halloween Recap

Obviously it's past Halloween and everyone's mind is onto the next holidays... Thanksgiving is near! Starbucks has its holiday cups out! And Christmas music is beginning to play, yikes. But this year's Halloween was too good to ignore as we move on through the next two months that are jam-packed with holidays and events. (Especially after Halloween was cancelled the past two years in a row...2013 was a treat.)

'Twas the Night Before Halloween... October 30th

This year I helped to organize a haunted house in our school's library! Little kids came early for the haunted house maze (we made it a little less scary for them, but they were still pretty spooked and had fun) and a whole slew of activities. There was pre-Halloween trick or treating, lots of crafts, Halloween tattoos and accessories, a polaroid photo booth (I had so much fun explaining how polaroids worked to the little ones...it was like magic to them!), and a ghost story time around the fire place ... it was perfect and they were all so cute in their costumes! The later part of the evening for high schoolers had food and a truly terrifying haunted house... even though I helped to set it up, when I went through at the end I almost cried. I have a pretty low tolerance for anything scary sometimes...

Once the event was over and before we began the cleanup process,
we decided to enjoy some of the Halloween spirit tattoos!
{photo creds to a friend}

Halloween Day, October 31st

A group of 5 or so of my friends and I dressed up for school as cats and mice. Not very creative, but super cute!

"Duh, I'm a mouse!"
{photo creds to a friend}

Sleepy Hollow, November 2

Who says Halloween fun must stop once October ends? Two of my friends and I headed to Sleepy Hollow for the annual Great Jack-O-Lantern Blaze (article with pictures here)! It was spectacular. All of the work that goes into carving what must be a million pumpkins is incredible! They had stacks of pumpkins carved into sunflowers, dinosaurs, witches, and so much more. Plus, there's nothing like warm apple cider on a crisp November night.

{all photos below taken by me}