Halloween 2010

Not to be a downer or anything, but by the time we get to Halloween, we have been birthday partying for almost two weeks and things have been crazy. Not to mention, there are just about a bizillion Halloween parties here. Thursday night, we had our traditional Halloween dinner: mummie dogs, blood, witches fingers, and eyeballs followed by our Ghosts in the Graveyard dessert. After dinner, we carved our pumpkins, but somehow I never took any pictures of this or of all the kids together in their costumes. Oh well. On Friday (Oct 29), Avery got to wear her costume to school for the Halloween parade and for her school party. We didn't get to go to her parade because we were at the doctor getting antibiotics for more ear infections (I really think we are allergic to student housing - the kids NEVER have gotten ear infections and all three have had them since we moved here). Aidan wore his costume to school and was excited to show everyone his baby spider on his costume. You may remember the costume from last year; he loved it so much that he wanted to wear it again this year. It still fit him, so why not. Avery's Halloween school carnival was that night, so we got to party some more. The next day (Saturday) was our Halloween, even though it was the 30th. We spent the morning setting up for the ward Halloween party. The party was a lot of fun - chili/cornbread cook off (I won the cornbread :) ), doughnuts on strings, and a trunk or treat. We went to Costco that afternoon and came home to trick or treat in the pouring rain. Kids just don't mind cold rain when they are getting free candy. I was just glad someone invented umbrellas.