Halloween

Our Halloween started early this year with our Ward Trunk or Treat weeks ago. The week before, we started decorating the house, pulling out the costumes, hanging nets, setting jack-o-lanterns everywhere. With Halloween on Sunday this year, we had decided to have a party on Saturday night to make up for not going out trick-or-treating. So, I wanted to really make the house look eerily festive.

McKenna got these cute pumpkin earrings, which she wore for about 5 minutes.

Weeks before, McKenna and Hayden had picked their costumes. Sabrina said she wasn't going to dress up. McKenna wanted to be a clown again, and Hayden wanted to be a vampire (I think that makes 4 years in a row???) I talked McKenna into trying a queen's dress we picked up during Fasching in Germany. I think it was the glittery bling and getting to wear makeup that swayed her. Sabrina ended up deciding to be a "bad babysitter." I told her she was probably doing herself wrong...no one would ask her to babysit anymore, but she stuck to it. Sabrina was a little old to beg for candy, but she had fun walking around with her friends. Here they are the night of the trunk-or-treat:

And here's the Queen with her BFF, Princess Peach (aka Claire).

The night of our Halloween Spooktakular, we welcomed witches and clowns, skeletons and super heroes...

We started by bobbing for apples, then had games, crafts and ended with watching Disney's Haunted Mansion. The grown ups got to hang out and enjoy all the yummy treats.

The monster punch with the alien ice was a hit. Especially in the mini martini glasses. They only hold a swallow, so you have to constantly refill, which I think was part of the fun for the kids.

On Sunday night, I hadn't planned to hand out candy, figuring it was a little hypocritical to not let the kids go, but then support it for others. But, it was still light out when the trick-or-treating started. So, the porch light off didn't help. And, McKenna actually enjoyed handing some out. But, it was short-lived, because after dark, no one else stopped by. Problem solved.

Trunk or treat + Cute kids in costumes + fun with friends + sweet candy = success. It was a great Halloween.