Our kids are at the perfect age for the holidays. Mara's the adorable little toddler shouting "I got cann-y Daddy! I'm a Ladybug!" as she walked away from each door. Watching her hold out her basket with that excited sparkle in her eyes was the thrill of the night. Near the end of the night, she started pulling candy out of her bag and giving it to the adults passing out candy on their front stoop. That was pretty funny.
Reid's old enough to be really particular about all the details. And still young enough to get really spooked by all the imaginative characters. Even his own costume! Way back in August, we stopped at a Chicago Costco on the way home from our Utah trip (which I should probably blog about). He saw the coolest army guy costume. I ended up buying the two oldest girl's costumes as well, just because I couldn't tell him no. When he was younger he dreamed of being an army guy. Well, when we got home he realized he couldn't bend over in it, so we had to take it back. About a month later he decided he'd choose a grim reaper costume instead. The first few nights after he got it, he couldn't go to sleep. I realized having that costume in his closet scared him a little too much, ha! So for his birthday I bought a new ninja costume (he outgrew the other one). And guess what he wore to go trick or treating?
Yup, he made up his own army guy costume with clothes and toys from home.
Although, I should add he was the grim reaper to both the school pumpkin walk and his class party. He was Darth Vader when we went to Festival last weekend, and he was a Ninja for the ward trunk or treat. We have a lot of dress up opportunities around here.
Nell was a witch to everything but the Festival event, and that was purely out of convenience (the Elsa dress was way easier to slip on and off for our quick outing).
She and Coraline were just adorable as they colored in their own warts and evil eyebrows. They skipped along the street saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" to everyone. In fact, tonight was one of the most enjoyable nights I've had with Coraline. She can be such a turd, but this evening she was perfect.
I'm really loving ages 8, 6, 4, and 2.
In other Halloween news ...
Reid's old enough to be really particular about all the details. And still young enough to get really spooked by all the imaginative characters. Even his own costume! Way back in August, we stopped at a Chicago Costco on the way home from our Utah trip (which I should probably blog about). He saw the coolest army guy costume. I ended up buying the two oldest girl's costumes as well, just because I couldn't tell him no. When he was younger he dreamed of being an army guy. Well, when we got home he realized he couldn't bend over in it, so we had to take it back. About a month later he decided he'd choose a grim reaper costume instead. The first few nights after he got it, he couldn't go to sleep. I realized having that costume in his closet scared him a little too much, ha! So for his birthday I bought a new ninja costume (he outgrew the other one). And guess what he wore to go trick or treating?
Yup, he made up his own army guy costume with clothes and toys from home.
Although, I should add he was the grim reaper to both the school pumpkin walk and his class party. He was Darth Vader when we went to Festival last weekend, and he was a Ninja for the ward trunk or treat. We have a lot of dress up opportunities around here.
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| His friend Chamberlain wore his grim reaper costume |
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| Two Elsa's with Anna! |
She and Coraline were just adorable as they colored in their own warts and evil eyebrows. They skipped along the street saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" to everyone. In fact, tonight was one of the most enjoyable nights I've had with Coraline. She can be such a turd, but this evening she was perfect.
I'm really loving ages 8, 6, 4, and 2.
In other Halloween news ...
I took the big kids to the library one Saturday and, unbeknownst to us, there was a pumpkin decorating event going on. The pumpkins and supplies were all furnished by the library, and the kids were able to enter a little contest they host every October. Nell was NOT interested in competing with anyone for best pumpkin. I, however; really wanted them to keep those pumpkins at the library and not my house, ha! So, I talked them each into entering the contest and today we found out Reid won for his age group (which just so happens to include Nell's age, so her worst nightmare came true). She handled his win and her loss really graciously though. It helped that she had three special people buy her ghost lollipops at school today (her current tecaher, 4K teacher, and best friend Ellary) and he had 0.
That Nell is always a winner to me though. Want to guess what she did with those three suckers? Gave one each to Reid, Coraline, and Mara. I sure love that girl.
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