Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Sunday, November 03, 2013

Halloween Concessions

When you have kids...Halloween is fun again. However this year I had a $0 budget for costumes and negligible amounts of desire, time, and energy to make anything memorable. Abracadabra! We borrowed costumes from the CKJ's and it was perfect. Our sweet and salty concessions combo was super fun. The afternoon before Halloween I pulled the red tutu out of a bag in front of Phoebe and her eyes popped clear out of her head while she exhaled a gargantuan "WOOOOOW!" Big hit, that tutu. Cutest red M&M you ever did see. And Julian's popcorn head poking out of his popcorn bag literally stopped traffic during the trick-or-treating at the Foothill Village.

Halloween day I took the kids down to Grandma and Papa Ed's and we ate candy for breakfast and lunch and in between. Question-now that Bee has been introduced to candy, how do I UN-introduce her to candy? Halloween night Jana and Russ came up for some carrot chowder and a little trick-or-treating before heading to a party dressed as BYU and Utah rivals. Phoebe was pretty blown away by the process of knocking on doors and receiving candy in her pumpkin bucket. 

My family will appreciate this: I added boxes of raisins to our candy bowl this year and had that epic moment when you realize I AM MY MOTHER. There is it. Here's your sign. But that's not even the best part. We left a bowl of candy on our porch while we left the house to sniff out some famous home-made donuts on the next block over. As we we were coming back we spotted a group of trick-or-treaters sprinting away, capes and hats and wings chasing their happy squeals down the street. They had obviously emptied the candy bowl (totally acceptable Halloween night sugar rush behavior). But when we reached our porch I was horrified to see that they left the raisins! I'm still laughing about it. Halloween is the best.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween

...from this busy buzzzzzzy baby bumble bee! (I'm sure no one saw this coming ;) She was a busy little bee today, buzzzing all over town visiting grandparents, and family and daddy at work. The weather was incredibly gorgeous this year and in the evening we took a little stroll around the neighborhood on our way to our besties' for soup and salad (ok, and some candy too). Turns out, Halloween is fun again!

With Grandma Ida
Having some downtime and porch sittin' with Papa Ed
 

Auntie Michelle can always get a good smile!

She is not a distraction at all ;)

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Halloween Party

Hallween Party and Road Rally
Superman and Lois Lane: there to save the day and report about it
Spooky ghost or happy sperm? You decide.
Captain Hook impregnated Tink!
Scuba divers!
Super Tuttles!
Love me some 70's wedding dress!
Warren Jeffs and his harem was there too
And the award for scariest couple goes to...
"I'll catch the bad guys, you stick to the ghosts"
They kicked up the ROAD RALLY this year with GPS units for each team. We raced all over the valley searching for clues about murder mysteries and local horror-lore. Here is Merrily laying in the spot where Ted Bundy's murder victim was found. We won {on a technicality}! But still, we were first.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween

Goblins, witches, ghouls galore;
may your Halloween be anything but a bore!
Download this darling Halloween card from A Black Apple here.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Dress ups aren't just for kids

The night before our annual Halloween party I had a wardrobe malfunction of epic proportions. In the aftermath, it was decided to throw out our costumes and start from scratch. Long story short, we ended up as Where's Waldo and Waldo's girlfriend Wenda. Awesome! Never again will I underestimate the diverse utility of a little duct tape. We look only a little goofy, but trust me, the alternative was much much worse.

Brad hasn't downloaded the rest of the party pics from the camera...those will come later if I can find the energy to post them. In the mean time you can look here, here, here and here. Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 31, 2005

Halloween Par-tay!

Last Saturday night Lisa and Chris Peterson were nice enough to throw an awesome Halloween party! It was complete with witches brew, pumpkin everything, dancing, donut eating, dead person's body parts, and good food! We all had a blast and would like to thank them for letting us trash their house ;-) Anyway, here are some of the pictures from the party:
Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein