Halloween

Did I really forget to post about Halloween?  whoops

We attended the ward Halloween party with our adorable children in two.  L dressed up as Merida (from Brave), wearing a borrowed costume dress, her beautiful curly free in every direction (just like Merida) and sporting Merida's bow across her back.  A had found an AbbyCaddaby (from Sesame Street) dress at the thrift store and fell in love.  So she wore a pink fur suit underneath, the cute fairy dress, pink wings and (her favorite part), we spray-colored her hair purple to match AbbyCaddaby.  For little miss E, I picked out a few costumes from our collection and held them up for her to choose.  She latched onto her Minnie Mouse dress (complete with ears from DisneyWorld) and could not have been more adorable.  So we attended the ward party, playing plenty of carnival style games, sampling the desserts and carving pumpkins.

A and E also got to go to the Library Storytime Halloween party.  This time A wanted to wear her Rapunzel dress and E wore a pink fairy costume.  Krystn Crow (fabulous children's author) read books to us and A got to meet her and ask for her autograph after.  I bought two of the books and read them every night for several nights in a row.

On Halloween, A wore her Rapunzel dress to school for a class party and brought home a sack full of goodies.  We were really bummed to find out that L was not allowed to wear her costumes, according to school policy.

But after school, lunch and naps, all the girls got ready for Halloween fun.  With L as Merida, A and AbbyCaddaby and E as Minnie, were we ready to go.  We were joined by Grandma and two cousins that I would be watching for the night, dressed as Ariel and a strawberry.  (5 kids under 5, yikes!)  We went to a local store for their trunk or treating, but finding it rather small, followed Grandma to her ward trunk or treat.  With a parking lot full of cars and a huge crowd, the girls had a blast and collected a ton of candy.

After that I took the five girls home.  They had plenty of candy but were begging to do "house trick or treating", so I agreed to a lap around our block.  So I put the baby strawberry in my sling, put Minnie Mouse on my shoulders and let the three little girls lead the way, dashing from house to house.  Their favorite part was ringing the doorbell and they were rewarded with again, a boatload of candy. 

So we went home for a festive dinner (cause I'm nerdy like that) with hot dog zombie men, candy corn fruit cups, etc.  Dinner lasted an especially long time with the nonstop flow of tricker or treaters that came to our house.  Each time, L and A squealed in delight, racing to the door, eager to pass out candy.

Eventually, all the kids were bathed, dressed in pjs and settled in to watch a Mickey Halloween movie...while eating candy of course.