Halloween

We celebrated Halloween more than one day, so here is a run down.

New Halloween shirts (and skirts for the girls) to be worn throughout the month.



Trunk-or-treating at the church two weeks before Halloween.  (Tyler, Megan and Emily)



Pumpkin carving 4 days before Halloween.  Emily wouldn't get her hands in that "disgusting" stuff, so she just watched, but Tyler and Megan got their hands dirty.



Darrell and I did the actual carving, but the kids told us what to carve. (Megan, Emily, Tyler)



Three days before Halloween the kids came with me to the Young Women Halloween party at the church.  I didn't get pictures of the kids, but I did snap one of these cute spooky treats:  Vampire teeth and chocolate chips on glazed donuts.



The girls had a Halloween party at school two days before Halloween.  Emily was a fairy and Megan went as a mermaid.



At the end of the day, the parents were invited for a costume parade and program.



Megan did a great job singing.  Emily...not so much!  She just played with her bracelet and kept putting it in her mouth.  She DID know the songs, but she is my shy one.













Later that day the kids had a Halloween party at Up With Kids.  Here they are getting ready to do their dance with the rest of the "UpSwings" (the little kids class.)



All of the "Up With Kids" kids



Tyler had his Halloween party 1 day before Halloween.  (There wasn't any school on Halloween because it was the end of the term.)

Tyler in the school parade as Spiderman.  I'm not sure why he didn't have his mask on, but the other to Spideys behind him in his class wore theirs.



I helped with the Halloween party in Tyler's classroom.  I ran the "Don't Eat Pete" station.



Tyler being wrapped up in toilet paper in the mummy challenge.



FINALLY Halloween arrived.

Donuts from Dunkin' Donuts.  They were "Boston Screams"  So yummy!



The kids were SO excited to go trick or treating at Darrell's work that they started getting their costumes on 1 hour before we had to go.



Loading up on the good stuff at Darrell's work.

 

 

The annual Jack-o-lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's

 

 

 

Getting ready to go out



Tyler as Spiderman



Megan as a mermaid (Whenever someone asked her what she was going to be for Halloween she would always say, "A mermaid...but NOT Ariel."  She's not opposed to Ariel, this was just not THAT costume.)



Emily as Anna from "Frozen."



And they're off with Darrell to get lots of candy.

 

I think it's safe to say that we did our share of partying this month!

October

Here's a little bit of what our October looked like.

The girls had crazy hair day at preschool so they wore these spooky spider buns.  (Megan couldn't remember the word for buns, so she called them "muffins" once.)





I love General Conference weekend.  Here the kids are coloring and playing with wooden dolls to keep the noise level down.





One day the girls helped me make a yummy pumpkin dessert.



We participated in Walk to School day for Tyler's school.  Here comes the mascot "Buzz Aldrin," a.k.a. "Buzz."



Tyler had crazy hair day at school.



Story time fun at the library for the girls



This October had such beautiful, mild weather.  We took advantage by walking to a park one Sunday afternoon.

Tyler



Megan



Emily



We went to the carnival at Tyler's school.  The kids loved the bounce houses and slides.

Megan



Emily



Tyler



I was in charge of a Beehive activity.  The girls painted luminaries.  So cute!



Usually for fall break we head to my parents house, but this year my mom, sister, nieces and nephews were out of town, so we stayed home and did some fun things.

Halloween sugar cookies





Spider bread



A trip to Gardner Village with friends to hang out with the witches.











Motocross



Fire pit s'mores with friends.



It's been 4 years a comin', but I FINALLY got some things hung up on the kids' walls. 

We had this cute shelf given to us.  I repainted it and really liked how it turned out.

Before





After



Here it is above the girls' dresser. 



Another view



I had Tyler's shelf up in his room in our last house, but I finally got it put up also.  (He loves it and has thanked Heavenly Father a few times in his prayers that I put up his shelf.)  It's also nice to have a place to hang his soccer medals on.



I also had this cute magnetic bulletin board up in Tyler's room in our old house.



This little bulletin board used to be mine when I was little.  My mom made it at "homemaking."  The girls love it in their room.



Here it is with their family tree papers and some coloring.