Halloween

 Halloween around here was a little crazier than normal.  I over scheduled myself, took on more than I realistically could handle and therefore barely got to enjoy one of my favorite holidays. 

For the last several years, I've made my kids there costumes for Halloween.  This year I started early because I knew I had a lot on my plate.  I'm not sure it helped that much but the costumes at least got finished. 

Leah decided she wanted to be Ariel.  Since Ariel has a few different forms I asked her which Ariel, Mermaid or Human?  She wanted to be the human Ariel.  Again I asked, "Ariel in the pink dress or Ariel in the blue dress?"  After much deliberation and a little nudging on my part.  We settled on the blue dress.  It looked easier to make than the pink one. 

I tried spraying Leah's hair red so she'd look a little more like Ariel. It didn't turn out very well and her hair is still tinged pink after a week.  I won't be buying temporary hair color for her again.

Charlie still showed no real interest in picking out his costume.  I found a great looking monster/dragon pattern and thought that would be perfect for him.  It's warm and he's really been into monsters and dragons.  I took him to the fabric store with me and let him pick out the colors he wanted for his dragon.  He originally picked purple to go with the blue, but I gently steered him to yellow.  I didn't think purple would go over very well with Dad. 

I was helping organize our Battalions Halloween Party and we were planning on having a costume contest.  I didn't really have any costumes I could wear so I made a quick trip to the fabric store, inspired by a book I read over the summer and my haircut and bought some fabric to make a 20's flapper dress.  It looks better close up and you can't see the fantastic hat I made.  I may take a picture of just my hat someday. I was really proud of it.  I've never made a hat before. 

Friday night we had the BN Halloween Party and Saturday night we went to the Church for the Trunk or Treat Carnival.  The rest of my pictures are from Saturday night. I was too busy with the cake walk at the BN to take any pictures that night. 

 

 Trunk or Treating out in the parking lot.  It ended up being a nice night for it.  I thought we would get rained on but the weather held.  It started raining as we were leaving that night.  I've never been to our ward's trunk or treat and it was a lot of fun.  They had a chili cook off with cornbread buffet.  Someone brought some homemade root beer and I was transported back to summers at home on the farm drinking root beer that Grandma had just made.  So good!  The kids had a blast running around with there friends and playing.  Charlie really got the hang of trick or treating this year.  He would freak out if anyone came close to his candy bag.  No sharing allowed!  Leah was much more willing to share a little candy with me. 

 

By the end of the evening, both these kids were beat.  The sugar high was wearing off and all they wanted was their beds...and more candy.