Halloween

We painted pumpkins for family home evening a few weeks ago. I am not certain if it was cleaner than carving them but it was safer.

The kids had a great time and they did not decay, as my kids would say, before Halloween.

 Both girls were so proud of their pumpkins. 

 Jon was going to do a monster on one side and a normal pumpkin face on the other but ran out of time. 

 These are pictures from our Unofficial Ward Trunk or Treat. Our stake leaders do not allow trunk or treats to be held at the church buildings.  So, for 3 years now we have met at the park near by and had a potluck picnic and then trunk or treat. The last two years it has been on Monday night for FHE. Lots of fun! 

 Peter has been out of town all week so I attended solo. We usually are the ones to host but this year we did it a bit more low key since he was gone and it was great. I had a hard time getting the kids to slow down long enough to take a picture.  When there are swings and slides who has time to pause for pictures. 

 Arabella was able to wear her costume to preschool and to her dance class. 

 Here they are: Joey- Pecos Bill (he has a rattlesnake lasso with a tornado in it's mouth which Peter hooked to a motor so it actually spins- check the legend of Pecos Bill for more details); Arabella is a duck queen not to be confused with a regular queen or a princess; Lily is a fairy and she found the sunglasses as we were walking out the door we just went with it; Jon chose to be a vampire once again. He is a traditional sort of guy.  He did not like the makeup after the first party which I do not have any pictures of so the last two dress up opportunities we did not do the makeup.

 You wouldn't even guess that at 5:15 I realized the kids were in the backyard in the very wet sand box and Arabella had her dress on. We are very grateful for a washing machine and dryer so that in one hour her dress looked as good as new and off we went!

 We went around our neighborhood with some families from church. I was brave and just left the candy bowl on the porch since Peter was still gone. 

We had a great Halloween but I am glad to be able to put away costumes and hopefully stop eating candy!