Happy Halloween!

This year we had 3 Halloween activities to attend and now that Ellie and Carson know what Halloween is all about (candy) they were so excited to attend them all!

I usually try to coordinate my kids costumes so that they all match a theme, but with Ellie having her own opinions now it didn't work out that way, oh well. So Ellie decided she wanted to be Rosetta (a fairy from tinkerbell) Hunter was a dog, and Carson was a Policeman.



Activity #1- Oma and Papa's Ward Party

Ellie was so excited to be a fairy. her favorite was getting sprayed with "pixie dust"!

Carson was not so excited to get dressed up , can you tell?

Hunter wasn't too sure about his costume either, but no tears here :)

The Officer and the Fairy ready to do some serious trick-or-treating

They had lots of fun crafts for the kids to make!

Carson's big thing this year was "It scare me". He has discovered fear and it has not been pretty. Every time we went into the Halloween section of a store he would freak out and start hyperventilating saying "It scare me!!" I would try to explain to him that it was all pretend, but it didn't seem to matter much to him. So when it was time to go trick-or-treating he was a little apprehensive. That was until he looked at this jack-o-lantern and to his surprise he looked at me with a smile on his face and proudly announced, "Mommy it no scare me!"

After that it was smooth sailing and Carson (my sweet tooth) had a blast collecting candy. It was just hard to get him to keep going, because he wanted to stop after each room to open the candy he got :)
They had lots of activities for the kids to do. Ellie's favorite was the cookie walk.

Carson's favorite was skee ball!

Activity #2- Ellie's Preschool Party

Ellie's preschool class sang some cute Halloween songs for all the Mom. Ellie actually sang this year (unlike last year) Her and Berlin stood side by side while they sang!

After they got to play lots of fun games. Here are Ellie and Lily trying to catch ghosts in the water.
What preschool party would be complete without decorating a cookie?!!



Activity #3- Trick-or-Treating with Cousins

We always go to the shopping center with our cousins for trick-or-treating and this year was no exception. It so much fun seeing the pictures grow every year as our families continue to grow! Ellie: Rosetta, Hunter: Dog, Sadie: Ladybug, Blake: Stormtrooper, Logan: Darthvader, and Carson: Policeman


Ellie was excited because we have those same jack-o-lanterns at our house :)


Logan and Carson scored because Grandma brought her wagon for the kids to ride in!


Hunter had fun watching all the kids in their costumes :)


After the shopping center we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's ward for trunk-r-treating. So after some hot dogs and chili the kids were ready for yet another round!

What a good big sister Carson has. She is amazing at taking care of her brothers! After all was said and done I think we have enough candy to last us til next Halloween!