HALLOWEEN.

Our Halloween was filled with fun festivities all weekend long. It started with Andi's preschool Halloween party. Here she is with her bestie Abby:And Tay had to get in on the picture taking.FALL FESTIVAL

Then we had our ward Fall Festival. There was a chili cook off, sugar cookie decorating, a picture booth, and trick or treating around the building.It was so crowded there! What a great problem to have at a ward party. It really did turn out great, and I was thrilled because we (the Relief Society presidency) were in charge. There was plenty to eat, candy at all the doors, and lots of happy children.
My door at the end, hence no candy. I brought about 175 pieces of candy. You can bet that a lot of the older kids double and triple dipped.

SCHOOL PARTY

On Monday Carter had his Halloween class party, and I somehow got roped into pretty much being in charge. Nobody volunteered to be in charge, but I had signed up to help, so Carter's teacher asked me to come up with some of the stations. There was pin the nose on the pumpkin, q-tip skeletons, monster making, Halloween matching, Halloween I Spy game, and then of course treats, candy, cookies, and juice. The kids all had fun (I hope).

TRICK-or-TREAT

Finally it was time for actual trick-or-treating after our traditional chili and scones dinner. The kids were so excited! They ran door to door and braved the cold, windy weather.
Bentley was a doll and slept in the stroller the whole time.Mario got tired of wearing his mustache... we didn't!
Taytum cried when she realized we were done trick-or-treating and tried to run away from the house, but this pile of candy eased the blow.
Andi is just like her mother. She loves handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters that come to our door. She would seriously stand there and wait til she saw people coming and then get ready with the candy bucket. She was a great helper.