For Halloween this year, we kept it very simple. I had the kids choose costumes from out of our dress up bin. Since the boys could still wear several costumes in there, they had a good selection to choose from. And Bree could wear either a pumpkin or lion costume that both boys had worn in the past.
The weather was actually very mild for the end of October in Colorado. We took the kids to the ward Trunk or Treat on the 28th and spent a good 40 minutes making the rounds of the cars. After about our third car, Bree began to realize that there was candy in her pumpkin and so she tried to sit down in the parking lot and start eating. She would start to throw a fit everytime I tried to get her to move and keep on going. So, I ended up taking her pumpkin and having someone else put a piece of candy of it (we were near another car) and she watched me like a hawk. She was afraid I was going to take her candy away, but instead she saw that she was getting more candy. She was sold! She picked herself up off of the ground and continued trick or treating. Sheeew!
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| Our lion, Spider Man, and a Knight ("in shining armor") |
Finn's preschool class had a Halloween party on the 30th. I left Bree with a friend and went in to volunteer. I helped the kids at the Monster Shape Face station and got to see a bit of their Halloween costume parade. Kai's party was on the 31st in the afternoon. The PTO paid to bring in a magician for the whole school and I hear everyone had a real good time.
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| Finn's Halloween parade |
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| He wore his costume all day. Here is our Spider Man with his bike helmet on (because he had been riding) saving a toy from the evil bush with a sledge hammer. He was way too funny! |
The night of Halloween it had gotten colder. Kai declared that it was too cold to go out and that he didn't need to get "too much" candy. (Unfortunately, after I had already left to take Finn out, Kai changed his mind and got upset that he was left behind.) Finn really wanted to go out trick or treating, so I bundled him up and headed over to a friend's house from the ward (and her neighbor that we know from school). We had a fun time trick or treating in their neighborhood and Finn got a whole LOT of candy. We were out for about an hour (or a little more) and really didn't get that cold. The whole time I kept thinking that I should have just made Kai come because I knew he would have enjoyed it. Oh well, next time.
The kids now have more candy than the know what to do with and we are officially welcoming the holiday season into our home. Happy Halloween!
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