Finally posting about Halloween

Yeah, I'm finally getting around to posting about our Halloween festivities. The day before Halloween, we were invited to a little Halloween party, with some of the other moms and kids in the ward. It was mostly so the kids could have a fun time while we moms supervised and got to enjoy a little bit of adult conversation in between helping the kids.

The kids had fun making witch's brew. They took turns stirring the cauldron of punch and dry ice.


Then we made sugar cookies. Moms helped kids cut out the cookies, then the kids had a heyday drizzling way too much icing on all the cookies.


And then ate way too many cookies! :-)


It was a fun morning, and everyone had a good time.


On Halloween, we attended our ward Trunk-or-Treat. Here's our van all decorated up like a pumpkin patch. It probably could have used a few more pumpkins, but over all I was pretty pleased with the effect.


To match, I dressed up like a pumpkin as well.


Zaylee was a princess, and Thomas was a Jedi. Right up until we left the apartment to go to the Trunk-or-Treat, Thomas absolutely refused to wear the Jedi robe I made him. But when it was time to go, he put it on, and he wore it all night! When we got home, he tore it off and threw it on the ground. Then picked it up and threw it again, several times. Well, at least he wore it when it counted!

This is pretty much the only decent picture I got of Thomas in his robe. Everything else was blurry. The flash light is his light saber.


Zaylee in her princess dress. Making a princess face.


I liked this picture of the kids running down the hallway to get to the van. They were just so excited!


We came home with lots of candy, most of which is gone now. I'm sure the kids didn't notice that there was always less when they woke up in the morning than there was when the went to bed the night before. I ain't admitting to nothing! But it sure was yummy... ;-)