Happy Halloween

On Thursday, Caleb had a Halloween party at his preschool. He was pretty excited about being able to dress up in his pirate costume. My aunt Tami was so sweet and took Matthew & Emily for a couple hours so I could go and help out with the party. It was so fun to be able to see all the kids and help with the games.

Friday night, our ward had a dinner and Trunk-or-Treat. More than anything, it was pretty much games set up in different rooms where the kids could play the games and earn the candy. It turned out pretty well and the kids had fun. Their favorite game was the ring-toss to earn a can of soda.

Originally we were going for a family Peter Pan theme. We had the pirate & tinkerbell, but the week got busy so we just went the easy route. Jacob was a viking/dragon slayer, Caleb was a pirate, Matthew was a gorilla, and Emily was a fairy princess. I spent a grand total of $6 for all the costumes. Jacob's, Caleb's and Emily's accessories came from the dollar store and Matthew wore a costume that has now gone through all three boys. Jeff and I just went with Halloween colors.

Cute little fairy princess...looks sweet enough

Until she attacked my necklace...

Fortunately we got her under control. :)

Saturday night, some people in the ward set up a trick-or-treating route to ward member's houses. It definitely took a lot more time- being new, we don't really know the boundaries and houses very well, but it was still a fun night and the boys had a good time. They didn't come away with as much candy as a normal Halloween year, but that was perfectly fine with me!