Our DRY and (Mostly) Happy Halloween

Like most children, our kids get really excited about Halloween. 

 

Early in September Janae saw a mermaid costume that she had to have . . .

 

 

and Ben decided he'd be Gandalf from Lord of the Rings--which led to my first attempt at sewing a Halloween costume (with quite a bit of my mom's help!).

 

 

 

Alaina went back and forth between wanting to be Rapunzel and wanting to be a witch.  In the end, the witch won out :)

 

 

As soon as school started my kids were begging to go to the pumpkin patch, but I made them wait until it got cooler, and further into October. . . .

 

They found some pumpkins they really liked,

 

 

and some that they were actually allowed to take home.

 

By the time Halloween came, they were more than ready!

 

We ran into their cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house, and the kids ended up trick-or-treating together at both our neighborhoods. 

 

 

This was much more enjoyable than last year when we were drenched by rain!

 

ALL of the kids lasted a couple of hours--their bags were pretty heavy by the time they stopped.

 

 

 

Then it was time to sort out the candy--one of my favorite parts of Halloween :)

 

 

Unfortunately our night ended with Jason discovering one of our jack-o-lanterns had been stolen and blown up with a fire cracker.  Janae cried and cried because it had been her favorite (carved to look like a cat). 

 

By morning, though, she was happy to pick out a treat to put in her lunch.  And I think it helps that the rest of the pumpkins will soon be muffins and pies, anyway :)

 

We hope everyone had a happy Halloween!