Friday, November 23, 2012

Halloween

We had a FUN FILLED Halloween this year (as per usual :)!   As you can see - Cash wanted to be G.I.-Jo (complete with facial hair and everything :), Vanna was a beautiful mermaid (and even got to wear make-up!) and Rosie was our darling lady bug (warm and "snug as a bug":).   The kids were in their costumes all day because they each had a costume party at school they could dress up for. 
 
 
 
After school, we had lunch and then headed to a Halloween party our friends invited us to.  They went all out with their costumes, decorations (even had their lights hooked up to the music that made them flicker with the beat) and their food - look at these gross "worms" Vanna was eating.   It was a lot of fun! 
 



 
The only down side to the party was that Rosie got her first real owey. She got too close to one of their in-door cats. Rosie didn't even touch the thing but she must have invaded her bubble or something - just as I reached to grab Rosie away from the cat, the cat swatted her and caught her under her right eye, by her nose, with its claw. I hope it doesn't scar dang it!
 
The kids were completely tuckered out by the time we left the party so we brought them home to take a quick nap before going trick-or-treating.  We always like to go around to our sweet neighbors before we head over to the Ward Trunk-or-Treat.  So after a short nap, we woke the kids to make their rounds. 
 
 
We thoroughly enjoy the area in which we live!  We have such good relationships with all our neighbors who are just so thoughtful and sweet.  They all seem to adore the kids and spoil them to death.  We had one neighbor call a few days before Halloween just to make sure we were bringing the kids over to get some candy -  she loves to see their costumes each year.  Another neighbor called to let us know she'd hung some bags of candy on our front door for the kids because she wasn't going to be around Halloween night and didn't want them to think she'd forgotten about them.  And another older couple stopped by to treat the kids with their own special bags of goodies (restraurant gift certificates, a roll of nickles, pencils, candy, etc.) - I couldn't believe it!  We're just glad we can make them smile and brighten their day by stopping by.

You might think it's strange that the kids have their pillowcases - let me explain.  A tradition we have is that the kids sleep with their Halloween pillowcases throughout the month and then they use them to collect their candy in on Halloween night. It's been a fun thing to do!

One of our neighbors has this awesome Boise State lit tree in her entry that we all love - we had to pose in front of it! :)

After hitting the neighborhood, we headed to our Ward's Trunk-or-Treat where we were able to visit with good friends and where the kids got even more candy. 

Even though Halloween isn't necessarily my favorite holiday, I DO love to see little ones in their adorable costumes, I DO love to dress up the kids, and let's face it, I DO love me some good candy! :)

1 comments:

Marcy M Miller said...

Cute costumes!!! Rosie is such a doll, I just love her eyes. What a fun party! We were invited to one, but it was on the Saturday Chase got married- we heard it was a blast- darn it. You got some good photos from the wedding weekend.