Halloween

I can't believe I haven't blogged about Halloween yet! Things have been so busy lately. I guess that's pretty typical for this time of year tho. Anyways, Stella was a "nice witch" and Tristan wanted to be Spiderman. I loved both of their costumes. I picked out Stella's costume (forgetting that she has already been a witch once before) but luckily she loved it too. The little hat is what sold me. I had to have it! I mean, she had to have it :) Tristan surprisingly wanted to be Spiderman. Surpring because he has NEVER even seen any of those kind of movies before! He looked pretty dang cute in it though.





We went to our neighborhood trunk-or-treat the week before Halloween. So fortunately for us once we started to run low on junk we were able to go trick-or-treating yet again. The weather was pretty dang cold both times, but the kids lasted until Tristan had to go potty and couldn't wait much longer! Stella also had her very first school parade. That brought back memories of me doing that and my mom coming to get me ready and looking for her as I was walking through the crowds. Now I am that mom! I love it! She has tons of hair so that was what helped us spot her from the distance. I love Halloween. I love that it is in the fall time, I love that it is the beginning of the holiday season, and to be quite honest... I love the candy.

Trick or Treat!

This year we had a busy, but very fun Halloween! It started off with a bit of confusion since the clock in my bedroom was apparently a day off and automatically fell back an hour early for day light savings. Fortunately Bill wasn't late for work since he was planning on going in an hour early and leaving an hour early, but I was sure confused when I woke up and half my clocks were wrong. Once I realized I didn't have as much time as I thought I had, I hurried to get the kids and myself ready to visit family.

First we made a quick stop at my mom's to show off the kids in their costumes. Of course Tristan didn't want to cooperate and wouldn't put his on. This didn't surprise me since he did the same thing last year. Stella looked gorgeous as a blushing bride.

Next we headed out to Dellany and Tremaynes. We had a great time playing with lego's, talking, and starting our new band. The kids loved playing with their Rock Band instruments and the keyboard. They started their evening off with plenty of candy too.

Afterwards, we had our annual dinner with the Eichelbergers before facing the cold weather, begging candy off our neighbors. Melissa and I took the first loop around our street, while Bill and Bart took the second. The kids had a blast and we always love to see all the kids dressed up. I love Halloween! It is such a fun holiday that brings back lots of memories and makes you feel like a kid again. We ended the night by watching a Halloween movie on t.v. together. Tristan did finally get into his Thomas the Train costume and looked pretty dang cute I must say. Only a few weeks 'til Thanksgiving and a month and a half until Christmas. Can you even believe it?!

Witches Night Out

This year Melissa and her family all decided to go to Gardner Village's 'Witches Night Out'. She extended the invitation to me and I decided to drag Emily along with me. I had been two years ago with some of my friends. Emily and I decided to meet up with Melissa at Gardner Village since they had plans with her family to go to dinner and we couldn't go until later. Thank goodness for cell phones because otherwise I would have never found them in the gigantic sea of witches! We were probably some of the least dressed up people there!

Once we got there we walked around for a bit, took some pictures and paraded on the stage. The funnest part of the evening for us was trying on hats at the yarn store! You see, whenever Emily and I go shopping it is a tradition to try on the ugliest hats and laugh at ourselves and each other. Only this time we had cameras! Let the posing begin! Our posing continued when we went to Artic Circle and took pictures of each other with our ice cream. Yes, this is what we do for entertainment and we actually do find these things funny. I know, I know, we are a little strange. I did enjoy myself, but don't think I will make this a yearly tradition. Maybe every couple of years...

Halloween

I love Halloween! It has always been one of my favorite holidays. I had the chance to go to Stella's pre-school and watch her class do a little parade. They sang some Halloween songs and after we decorated sugar cookies. Stella loves school and was excited to sing for all of the parents.

This year was so much fun with both Stella and Tristan old enough to grasp the concept of trick-or-treating. The Saturday before Halloween we went to our wards trunk-or-treat. As we were getting ready Tristan, dressed up in his cute cow jammies (his costume since he wouldn't wear the first one I had bought for him) brought his blankie into the bathroom, laid on it and fell asleep right before the party. He thinks he doesn't need naps anymore, but apparently he does! Anyways, Bill took one for the team and stayed home so Tristan could take a little nap.

Halloween night was a lot of fun too! We had our wonderful friends, the Eichelbergers over for dinner before we went out trick-or-treating. Stella was dressed up as an Elephant and Tristan actually let me dress him up in an extra costume Melissa had for Tyler. He was a Zebra. They were two of the cutest animals I had ever seen! Stella's hat, or trunk, kept falling in her face so she didn't wear the hat part for very long. We met up with Stacy and Emma and had fun going around our neighborhood! Tristan lasted longer than I had anticipated. We had so much fun and are excited that the holidays are here!