Halloween

We started Halloween weekend carving pumpkins with friends on Friday night. We had dinner and pumpkin cookies then the kids carved. I had to help Natalie and Trevor but they helped by telling me what they wanted. 

Our ward did Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday, but I wasn't feeling well so I didn't take any photos. I used all my energy decorating the back of the van (it was cute, but nothing amazing) and then crashed once we got home. The kids already had way too much candy from the activity so I probably would have just skipped doing anything on Sunday, but I wanted to get pictures and the kids are always more than happy to get into their costumes, so on Sunday afternoon I took them to a place near our house to get pictures. Once they were out, they went to a few houses and again, came back with way too much candy. We have enough candy now to last us for quite a few months. I let them eat a bunch of candy on Saturday and Sunday evening with a resulting sugar crash both times (especially for a particular blonde four year old), so we are going to have to cut back on the sugar for awhile, but still enjoy some treats occasionally.

Leif really loves otters lately and was excited to be an otter this year. Don't mistake him for a kangaroo, even though there is a slit in his belly. The sweatshirt we got him had a really cool pocket on it that he was sad to cover with the belly, so I had to cut a slit for him to access it.

Heidi changed her mind several times before finding some bunny ears buried in the Halloween stuff and settling on being a bunny. Luckily, we looked through some of the hand-me-down clothes she got from our neighbors and found some grey clothes that worked too. She already has quite a few different ideas for next year's costume, all of which involve a big box.

This is one of my favorite costumes that I've made over the years. It's Max from Where the Wild Things Are. You can't see it in the pictures, but the costume has a big bushy brown tail that Trevor loved.

Asher was Totoro from one of our favorite movies last year, but last year was pretty lame here in Canada with COVID, so he opted to use his Totoro costume again. Here he is trying to make a Totoro face with giant eyes and a big smile.

Natalie is Little Red Riding Hood, although I had to convince her for a few weeks. She wanted to be Max, but once I read the story of Little Red Riding Hood to her and showed her a picture, she was sold. The only problem then was that everyone else got whiskers drawn on with my eyeliner, so Austin gave her a heart on her cheek instead.

The kids got "candy sticks" in their Halloween bags, which are obviously what used to be candy cigarettes, so they enjoyed playing with them, although they know that smoking is actually disgusting.