Halloween Post... Finally

I have been very behind this week. Princess G has been sick, so everything got behind. I am trying to get back on track. I know lots of people have wanted to see the kids all dressed up for Halloween, Sorry it took so long to post the pictures.

Halloween was a three night event for us this year. On Thursday night we went to a Trunk-or-Treat for a friends ward. The kids had such a good time. The ward we went to is the ward we spit from just over a year ago. It was nice to see everyone and visit. On Friday night we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat. We also had a chili dinner. I really enjoy seeing all the kids dressed up and how much fun they have. Of course our kids love getting candy. Sunshine is a true candy-aholic, so she loves Halloween. We think it is her favorite holiday. On our third and final night of Halloween, a few of our neighbors thought it would be fun to do a little neighborhood Halloween carnival for the kids. We all set up games at our houses and the kids went house to house playing games. It was a really great way to get to know some of our neighbors better. We had dinner at one of the neighbors house. It was a ton of fun. We are hoping this will become a annual event. By the time Saturday night was over I was Halloweened out. I am glad the kids had fun, but I am more glad that it is over.

Now on to the kids costumes. I don't know about everyone else but "helping" pick kids costumes is a big pain. If you ask them too early what they want to be they will change their mind 5 times, if you ask too late then they get what ever left overs you happen to find. Well this year we were the latter one. Little man found a great Pirate costume that he actually really liked and was happy to wear. That was after 3 stores and nothing better. I have to say thought that after I bought it, he got really excited and didn't even complain. Princess G was a little harder to work with this year. She had been sick the whole week before Halloween so one, I did not want to get anyone else sick, and two, I didn't want her to get anything else. They my brilliant friend Linda said you should dress Princess G up as a Doctor with the mask and all so she will be protected. I loved it. From then on poor Princess G had no choice. I told her if you want to do anything for Halloween she had to dress as a Doctor. She was not to excited about the costume, but she wanted the candy more. Smart girl. Well luck for us we have a great friend who happens to be a Pediatrician at the hospital and got her at the Doctor necessities to look the part. The best part was her costume was free, and disposable. Then there was sunshine. What to do with her. Well I happened to pop into Marshals to look around and they had a very small selection of costumes. I had not even gone in thinking to look for a costume. Well I thought I am here I will look. I found the cutest Skunk costume. It was so perfect. I told Sunshine she could be a skunk because she was my little stinker. She loved it. And let me tell you she played the part so very well. She even would go around and pretend to spray people. I just had to laugh. What else could I do?

This really was a great Halloween. The weather here was so beautiful. It was pretty warm even into the evenings so everyone really enjoyed themselves. On a side note I decided to not dress up this year. Alan however decided to go as a rock star. It was pretty funny.

Now it is time to prepare for the Holiday season. I am so not ready for this.