Halloween

Andy LOVES halloween.  I think that may actually be an understatement.  Anyway, we usually have the best decorated halloween house on the block because of Andy's efforts! :)

This is something new that I added this year to my indoor Halloween decor.  The fun jars are recycled pickle jars.  I glued skulls on the lids, and spray painted them black.  Then I purchased the books from the DI and painted them.  It turned out to be a fun little addition.

We took a trip to Peterson farms, a local farm near our house to pick out our pumpkins for the year.  They had a fun little petting zoo this year that the kids loved.

 Miss Addy was fascinated by the pumpkins, and just enjoyed walking around taking a little look at all of them.  We probably picked the WORST day of the year to go to the pumpkin patch.  I think it was the only day in October that was less than 60 degrees.  They froze, but they had a good time, and we brought home 4 great pumpkins to carve up.

 Grandma and Grandpa T had a fun halloween party this year while Colby and Suzanne were in town. The kids dressed up and we played fun carnival games, and had a halloween dinner.  The kids had a ball together, and it was so much fun to have the them in town.

We also took the kiddos to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving point.  Ethan had a ball playing in the bouncy houses and all of the wooden play sets.  He also had the opportunity to get his face painted, which was the highlight for him. :)

 On the 30th, we had our Ward Halloween party, which yours truly had to plan.  It was a night of craziness.  We had dinner and a carnival.  Over 250 folks showed up.  How do I know this?  I purchased 250 bowls for soups, and we ran out of bowls.  I think people had a good time, but who knows.

For Halloween night, miss Addy was snow white, Ethan was a Power Ranger, and so I decided to dress up as the evil queen.  Andy stayed home and manned the house for the trick or treaters, and I took the kids out to see the Grandparents, and through the neighborhood.  They got way too much candy, but had so much fun.

Grandma A gave the kids donuts while at her house, and Ethan had eaten half of it and left the other half on his car seat when we went into Grandma T's house.  When Grandma T went to buckle him in his seat, she accidentally put her finger into his donut.  She picked it up and handed it to him and he made a strange gesture and said "Grandma, I don't eat things that other peoples hands have touched."  I don't know if he recently had a lesson on germs at pre-school or what, but it was too funny.

Andy and I also went to a FANTASTIC Couples Halloween party, but it was so much fun, it'll have to be a completely different post.