If you know us, then you know that the kids and Mom LOVE Halloween, and Dad is usually a good sport to go with the flow. This year we attended our church Halloween carnival and trunk or treat, and the kids did a little trick or treating with Grandpa Val and Dad on Sunday. It is tricky with Halloween on Sunday. Church and Halloween don't mix very well. But I love them both! I was a pregnant evil goth queen (it was the only costume I could find that fit me). Noah was an astronaut. Paige was a Ladybug. In one of the photos you can her try to take flight. Jeremy was Mr. Burns from the Simpson's.
We were going to go as a family of Alice in Wonderland (Noah the Mad Hatter, Paige Alice, Mom Queen of Hearts, and so on, but we couldn't find costumes in the correct characters and sizes. So I let my kids pick their own costumes at the costume shop. I was happy with their choices (because some costumes out there, as a parent I am not ready for).
Grandpa Val and Grandma Marcia came and stayed Sunday with us. It was nice to have them visit and share in the holiday fun.
For one of our October FHE we carved apples into witch heads and watched the apples aged and get brown and wrinkly. Then we made witch bodies, clothes, and put googly eyes on them. The kids loved them and their carving skills with butter knives are not bad. I was impressed. For another FHE we carved pumpkins and roasted pumpkin seeds. And for another October FHE we made treats and Booed! people in our neighborhood. Well the kids did all of the secret agent delivering of treats. They dressed up in costumes so no one would know who they were if they were seen. We went a night when it was dark. I laughed so many times to tears as I watch them BOO! someone. Sometimes they went to the wrong house, or got caught, or couldn't find the car when they were done, or did a great secret job, and it was adorable to watch. Jeremy wasn't as amused by it all as I was, but it was priceless. We try to make this a tradition. More because mom loves a good laugh and the kids like to have an adrenaline rush.
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