Little Pumpkin

While the big kids were out trick-or-treating Ava and I passed out candy and toys. Here is Ava in her second Halloween costume, just because she's a cutie-pie!

Pumpkin Carving

 

 After a taco dinner we carved pumpkins at our house this year. The Irvine Hickens joined us. I've discovered that you learn a lot about a person by the way they carve pumpkins. For example, Doug's OCD kicked in to high gear as he meticulously carved his witch on a broomstick. Todd is straight-up aggressive when he carves and cleans out a pumpkin. Maya is artistic and always manages to bring a "sweet" quality to her pumpkin faces. Chloe wanted nothing more than to "do it herself" although she did let me help a little.  Dallin twirled bubble wands and could have cared less about the pumpkins as he was busy snatching left-over taco shells from the kitchen (I think he ate 6!). Here is our photo gallery:

The Carving Crew

 

 

Maya - ever fashionable - even while sticking her hand in pumpkin guts.

 

 

Chloe tried her best to carve her own pumpkin this year.

She did NOT enjoy the pumpkin entrails.

 

 

 Ava was stationed in her stroller so she could observe the carving a

safe distance from the cookie sheet full of knives.

 

 

 Daniella was adorable in her striped Halloween onesie.

 

 Rosie was on baby entertainment duty- I love how

she and Daniella both looked shocked in this photo!

 

 The end result:

(from left to right)

Dallin's, Todd's, Maya's, Chloe's, Doug's

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trunk-or-Treat

We participated in our stake's trunk or treat again this year. For the first time we decorated our trunk and passed out toys to the kids. I don't know why I didn't take a picture of our trunk or of Dallin in the trunk! Uncle Doug, Aunt Rosanna and sweet baby Daniella joined us and that was fun - I am still LOVING having family close enough that we can do things like that together.

 

It was more relaxing this year because, for the most part,  Dallin just chilled in the trunk and ate popcorn. He did try to snake candy out of a few kids' buckets. I noticed he kept trying to take candy from the little tiny kids - who couldn't fight back. They would just look at him with these big, sad, eyes, questioning "Why? Why would you take my candy? Why?"

 

As the night came on so did the loud dance music and strobe light. I didn't get any pictures of that but my kids loved it. Chloe said dancing in the parking lot in the twilight was "the best night of her life!" Maya and her friends got down with the Taylor Swift songs. Dallin REALLY enjoyed it - tossing his balloons up in the air and trying as best as he could to dance right along with them. 

 

Happy Trunk-or-Treating!

 

 

 

 

Halloween Costumes

Here are the photos of the kid's Halloween costumes this year. I've been behind on my posting due to computer problems, you lucky people will get all of my Halloween postings in one big mass! You know how I adore Halloween photos. . .