Is it just me or are holidays getting bigger? Halloween is a minor holiday, right? You dress up, carve a pumpkin, eat candy and maybe watch a scary movie or two. I feel like we've gone from one Halloween-related even to the next this past week. I'm not pointing fingers or blaming anyone else for something that I whole-heartedly participate in. I appreciate the time and efforts that people made to plan and execute these activities. I'm just in awe that I have so many pictures and so many events to cover "Halloween."
OP-C Trunk or Treat
Halloween started early this year with the elementary school trunk or treat Thursday night. I didn't really enjoy it as Anthony was out of town and it was the end of a long, stressful week. But the kids had fun. I do have lots of suggestions of how they can improve things next year, though me going in with a better mood will probably make the biggest difference. My friend Tabitha and her husband helped me supervise my kids while they trick-or-treated and we took turns passing out candy.
mermaid, frog and Frankenstein
half day friends
we love the Steiners
first grade friends
Frankenstein Lego Build at Toy's R Us
Ward Trunk or Treat
Saturday night was our ward trunk or treat. It started off with a little carnival inside the (extremely warm) gym. There was a cup cake walk, bean bag toss, fishing pond and more. Lauren was excited to get her face painted. After the games there was a costume parade. Since Jill and Jake were in town they came too.
the black frosting made Frankenstein's mouth look extra creepy
Jill and Jake were in town for a wedding open house!
Hermione Granger--the brightest witch of her age
Rent-a-cop? Hot Cop? Bad Cop? 1/4 of the Village People?
Emsley, Ruth, Michael, Jack, Kenni, Will
The kids spent all day Sunday asking for pieces of their candy. By this point I was already Halloweened out and the day had yet to begin.
THE BIG DAY
The morning child watch attendant at TRCC (Huberdine) does such a good job. She organized a parade for the kids to wear their costumes and walk through the fitness equipment. It was pretty cute. Talk about herding cats. Lauren opted to be Cinderella for this outing. If you're keeping track that's her third costume of the season. She's a real Halloween chameleon.
One of the kids (I think Will) left his candy bag on the coffee table before he left for school. Elliott found it and was very pleased with himself as he pulled piece after piece out of the bag. He didn't open anything or put any of the pieces in his mouth, but he had watched his older siblings count and sort their candy over the weekend, so he knew it was good stuff.
School Festivities
Will and Lauren had school festivities at the exact same time. I couldn't go to both and had committed to helping with Will's party first so Elliott and I went there. Lauren and I made cookies for her Halloween party before school. We made sugar cookies but opted to press a few sprinkles into them as opposed to frosting them. Too much sugar!
Hi, Mom!
Will's school had a no face paint policy for costume so Will wore the Frankenstein headband he got at the Lego Build Saturday.
Her school had a carnival in the gym and she got cat whisker face paint.
Trick or Treating
The Cooks joined us and we trick-or-treated around our neighborhood. Kellan joined us too. We got quite a haul. It is always hard to anticipate how many trick-or-treaters we will get each year. It seemed like our neighborhood was pretty busy. We've lived in our neighborhood five years now and I enjoy that we know so many more of our neighbors than we did when we first moved in.
It was warm--75 degrees! Elliott ditched the frog suit and decided to be Mowgli from the Jungle Book.
THE AFTERMATH
Way too much candy! Will had a pile equally as big as Lauren's.
The next night while we were reading scriptures Will's tooth fell out. It had been lose for awhile, and though it could be coincidental, he did eat a lot of sticky candy than could have lead to it finally falling coming out.
