Halloween Recap

I'm not a huge Halloween fan.  But I love it for my kids.  This year, Taryn wanted to be a wolf.  Not a princess?  Not a ghost?  Not a witch?  No, a wolf.  So we built a theme around it.  Keara was Little Red Riding Hood, Taryn was the wolf, I was the grandma because Avery wouldn't wear the wig, Braden was the woodsman, and Avery ended up being a blue fairy last minute.  I loved making their costumes this year and LOVED how they turned out.  Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures. Shame on me.

On Thursday, we went to a grocery store's Boo Blast.  SO fun! They had stations all over the store giving out samples and treats. 

 That night, we carved our pumpkins.  I did one in honor of the girls.  Three sided too...

 Braden did his traditional Bears logo.  We love it!  It never gets old.

 Taryn didn't want to get her hand dirty and therefore didn't carve one.  But Keara quickly got into pulling out the guts and even said, "I want to put all that back into the pumpkin so I can take it out again!"  You go girl.

 She loved being able to cut it herself, though getting the knife in and out of the pumpkin did require some serious help.  It was a thick pumpkin! 

 But I think it turned out awesome!  She did a great job!

Friday night was our Ward party.  Very fun.  Trick or treating door to door in the church to rooms that people decked out.  It was cool. 

Saturday was our friend's baby's first birthday.  She was born on Halloween so it was an appropriately themed birthday party. 

Sunday, we decided to skip the Halloween festivities and spent the evening with my brother's family.  Very fun.  We don't get together often enough.