Halloween 2010

I'll admit, I wasn't really in the Halloween spirit this year.  I'm not sure why.  I did enjoy eating an entire CostCo bag of candy (we're on bag 2 now), so I guess that's something.  Anyway, our ward had a carnival and Trunk-or-Treat with the other ward that meets in our building.  It was a lot of fun!  I love that no one trick-or-treats in our neighborhood.  Kai has never been exposed to the door-to-door aspect of the holiday and so for him Halloween is only trunk-or-treating at church.  I'm not sure how much longer that will last, but it's been nice.  Halloween was on Saturday and he had no idea there was any other option!!

Kai was a dinosaur this year.  He LOVES dinosaurs right now!

Finn was our little lion.  And, yes, he was a handful.

The carnival lasted about an hour.  We were done after 30 minutes and so we found a side room to contain the boys, wait for trunk-or-treat, and give Finn a bottle.  Finn loved the duck pond at the carnival and whenever I  put him down he ran straight for it and got himself soaking wet!  So, the room was a good containment device.  Kai was getting sick on Saturday and so was a bit tired and decided to take a rest on his dinosaur costume.

Once the trunk-or-treat started, Finn and I stayed inside while Reid and Kai went out.  Reid reported that Kai was so happy and excited.  He giggled the entire time and had a hard time even getting out the words "Trick or Treat".  He was always very polite and made sure to say "Thank you" and that even won him a few extra pieces of candy.  Overall, the night was a great success.

Of course, the next morning, Kai was not fit to go to nursery.  He had a runny nose mostly.  So, I stayed home with the boys.  We decided to venture to some friends for Halloween dinner and we had a fabulous time.  Kai even enjoyed handing out candy, while I tried to creatively explain that everyone was just late for Halloween.  When we woke up on Monday morning, though, everyone was sick.  Kai is coughing and congested and just worn down.  Finn is super congested and has a runny nose.  No coughing yet, but I expect it's coming.  So, now we're hanging out at home for the week and contemplating putting up the Christmas decorations.  I know it's not Thanksgiving yet, but I've been the fall Scrooge.....I so just want to be at Christmas.  So, don't be surprised if my tree is up in the next couple of weeks.  I've warned you!!