This is Halloween!

Ah Halloween, you sure know how to pack a lot of fun into a holiday that is only supposed to last one night.  Any excuse to wear a costume I guess.

Our Halloween festivities started a week early with the school Mother-Son Monster Mash.  Wyatt and I went together (naturally).  Wyatt's costume was so cool this year (we bought it...by the way) he was a "headless boy".  He got loads of compliments, perfectly creepy.

I was a random 70's chick.  I was going to be a fortune teller but couldn't find my Mu-mu.  

After eating and visiting with some friends Wyatt and I had an epic dance off.  We mimicked each other's dance moves.  I think Wyatt won when he did a break-dance-butt spin.  I tried to copy him but he did a better job.  It was a fun night.

The following night was the ward Trunk-or-treat.  I am kind of burnt out on the Trunk-or-treat.  I feel like those parties are for years when Halloween is on a Sunday and LDS parents don't want to send their kids out on the Sabbath.  Or, if you live in a neighborhood where trick-or-treating is not safe or accepted.  For whatever reason, our ward has a Trunk-or-treat every. single. year.  and the kids get so much candy.  So, this year we talked our kids into staying home to watch a movie instead.  

Monday was a Family Home Evening at the corn maze.  We couldn't go until it was dark (wanting to have our Daddy there and all) so it was a little less fun.  We couldn't see where we were going anyway and we were all tired.  Next year, we will try to go during the day.  It was fun to make our way to the bridge and see how huge the maze was.  We had a pretty nice time.

And then the fabulous school-Halloween-party-and-parade day came.  This year the kid's teachers had a workshop day on Halloween so the schools were closed Friday.  Thursday was parade/party day.  Colter and I made it over to Adell's school for here parade.  I didn't get a good picture of her in the parade...too many kids.  But she was adorable and loved going to school in her costume.

Wyatt is in advanced band this year (it just means he is in the 5th grade) and the advanced band plays with the High School band during the parade.  It was super cool to see my little guy up there with the High School band, playing his heart out.  I know they practiced a few of the songs but not all of them.  He did a great job.  

Clare walked the parade with her little buddy.

Colter was not interested in dressing up.  I made him an orange jacket to wear and a bulldozer so he could be a bulldozer driver for Halloween.  He wore the box bulldozer once and was not interested again.  At least it covered his nakedness for a couple of seconds.

Friday it rained.  Yes, rain!  In a year of horrible drought we got rain the one day the kids were planning on being out all night.  Oh well!  We drove over to Will's work for his company party.  The kids got some candy there and participated in a costume contest.  Spoiler alert: Wyatt won.  

Will has been a "First Class Male" every year for the last five years...before that he didn't dress up at all.  I was a "Mail Order Bride" this year.  So that worked out pretty well.

By the time the work party was over the rain had let up so we headed back home for some neighborhood trick-or-treating.  We were not out very long.  Everyone was tired and the kids got plenty of candy without going far.  

And where was Lorien in all of this?  Well she and her homeschool friends decided to dress up as social media apps.  They planned and made their costumes weeks ago.  She went to a church dance Thursday night and partied with all her app friends.  Friday afternoon she headed over to meet the girls to get ready together and went out trick-or-treating without her family.  I never saw her in her costume and so the best picture I have is this one...taken from one of her friend's instagram feeds.  She had a great time and got way too much candy.  

Happy Halloween!  Until next year...