The Halloween Festivities

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Really, my kids don’t need to know that Halloween is today. It’s Sunday…. for all they know, Halloween was yesterday…. and all of last week. This year, things dragged on for days (this is a GOOD thing, not bad). With the PAVA Halloween party, to school parties, to Trunk or Treat…. my kids really got their fair share of candy and fun…. so, they won’t even notice if they miss the ‘real’ Halloween. Okay, except for all the door knocking we’ll be having. Do you think it’s rude to turn off your lights and not answer the door? Well, that’s what we’ll be doing. Mainly because we gave all of our candy away last night. Oh, but now I’m getting ahead of myself. Lets start at the beginning….

Last year I swore, “I am never making costumes again, we’ll just buy them!” Nope, I couldn’t resist. I have a mild sewing addiction and I just HAD to make their costumes. Who cares if it took up a couple weeks of my free time! I think they turned out well.

Jefferson was Captain Hook, Grant was Peter Pan.

and, Reagan was Tinkerbelle…. who wanted nothing to do with having her picture taken!

Peter Pan flying. “Think of a wonderful thought… any happy little thought”

I never knew Captain Hook and Peter Pan to be such good friends…. although, Peter is keeping he eyes on that hook!

We went to the annual PAVA Halloween party, for the families at Shawn’s school. I think it turned out really well. This year I made the numbers for the cake walk. The kids thought it was fun to run around them before the party started.

I also made these Frankenstein cones, and won for best ‘looking’ (not tasting) dessert. This picture is from 2 years ago when I made them for PAVA and also won best dessert, funny. So, if you ever need to make a Halloween dessert, these have a good chance of winning!

Reagan, eating during the party. We all finished and ran off, leaving her alone. She sat there for quite a while.

Peter watching over Tinker during the Cake Walk.

Last night was our Ward’s Trunk-or-Treat. I have to admit…. I have never, ever, in my life, gone to Trunk-or-Treat. I’m much more a fan of ‘door to door’ trick-or-treating. But I will say, Trunk-or-Treat did NOT disappoint. There were a TON of cars, and kids. I would say we easily passed out 300 pieces of candy (and each child got one each). Look at the mob!

The Captain, Peter, and Tinker ready to fill their bags….

Reagan and her friend Carson. Opps, her wings are on upside-down!

The kid’s friends, Jemma and Carter. I really wanted a picture of ‘my’ kids with these two, but no such luck. This photo will have to do.

When we got home, the kids dug through their loot and started pigging out.

This past week really was fun. But I'm glad it's over for the 'candy' part. I'm not a big fan of my kids eating candy. I'm making them scarf it down ASAP so we don't have it lingering in our house. It's candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner around here!