Halloween really isn't my favorite holiday, but when your kids are this happy and cute, I guess it's all worth it.
It's always been a tradition in our family to carve pumpkins for Halloween. Usually we do it for family night sometime in October. This year we decided to carve pumpkins on the Friday before Halloween. When Wyatt got off work, we ate dinner and then went to the store to pick out our pumpkins. Well when you wait until the day before Halloween there are no pumpkins left, (at least not in Vernal). We talked our kids into making carmel apples, and then buying the new Ice Age movie that was out and watching a movie. The kids loved the movie, and so they were happy, and mom and dad were pretty happy not to have the mess of carving pumpkins. I still felt like pretty much a slacker mom for not being more prepared for Halloween. I guess I will have to do better next year.
I'm not exactly sure what Sadie is for Halloween. She found this cute dress in the dress-up dept. and wanted to wear it for Halloween. She calls herself a flower, or a flower princess. Whatever she is, she is pretty cute.
Brynli wanted to be a skeleton this year. I guess she has outgrown the days of princesses and fairies. I was just glad that she found a girly skeleton costume.
Derek originally wanted to be a mummy. We couldn't find a pre-made costume so I figured I could just buy a sheet, rip it up, and make my own costume. I'm not very good at making costumes, so I usually don't even try, but I thought a mummy would be easy enough. The Wednesday before Halloween was the school carnival. The kids got to dress up for that. We made Derek a mummy costume. It wasn't the best mummy ever, but he looked pretty cute. I wish I would have taken a picture of him. On Halloween I planned to wrap him up as a mummy again, but he changed his mind and decided to be a motorcycle rider. It took quite a while to get him into his mummy costume. I think that is why he changed his mind. The motorcycle rider was much easier, and he makes a pretty cute little dirt bike rider.
When we went to the store to buy Halloween costumes Kamryn just had to have this mullet wig and blow up guitar. I told him that he would have to make up a costume using those two props. When Halloween actually came, he decided it would be easier to just wear his motorcycle gear. So Kamryn was also a dirt bike rider. He looks pretty cool!
We all had a good Halloween night. We went to our ward soup dinner, and trunk or treat. Then we went to a little spook alley and Megan and Grandma's house. The kids all got plenty of candy and had a lot of fun.
It's always been a tradition in our family to carve pumpkins for Halloween. Usually we do it for family night sometime in October. This year we decided to carve pumpkins on the Friday before Halloween. When Wyatt got off work, we ate dinner and then went to the store to pick out our pumpkins. Well when you wait until the day before Halloween there are no pumpkins left, (at least not in Vernal). We talked our kids into making carmel apples, and then buying the new Ice Age movie that was out and watching a movie. The kids loved the movie, and so they were happy, and mom and dad were pretty happy not to have the mess of carving pumpkins. I still felt like pretty much a slacker mom for not being more prepared for Halloween. I guess I will have to do better next year.
I'm not exactly sure what Sadie is for Halloween. She found this cute dress in the dress-up dept. and wanted to wear it for Halloween. She calls herself a flower, or a flower princess. Whatever she is, she is pretty cute.
Brynli wanted to be a skeleton this year. I guess she has outgrown the days of princesses and fairies. I was just glad that she found a girly skeleton costume.
Derek originally wanted to be a mummy. We couldn't find a pre-made costume so I figured I could just buy a sheet, rip it up, and make my own costume. I'm not very good at making costumes, so I usually don't even try, but I thought a mummy would be easy enough. The Wednesday before Halloween was the school carnival. The kids got to dress up for that. We made Derek a mummy costume. It wasn't the best mummy ever, but he looked pretty cute. I wish I would have taken a picture of him. On Halloween I planned to wrap him up as a mummy again, but he changed his mind and decided to be a motorcycle rider. It took quite a while to get him into his mummy costume. I think that is why he changed his mind. The motorcycle rider was much easier, and he makes a pretty cute little dirt bike rider.
When we went to the store to buy Halloween costumes Kamryn just had to have this mullet wig and blow up guitar. I told him that he would have to make up a costume using those two props. When Halloween actually came, he decided it would be easier to just wear his motorcycle gear. So Kamryn was also a dirt bike rider. He looks pretty cool!
We all had a good Halloween night. We went to our ward soup dinner, and trunk or treat. Then we went to a little spook alley and Megan and Grandma's house. The kids all got plenty of candy and had a lot of fun.
