halloween 2011

Maybe someday, I will produce the Halloween costume lineup that my kids request. The master plan this year was to feature Grant as Peter Pan, Grace as Wendy, Eden as Tinkerbell, Cori as Captain Hook, and me as (drum roll please) Mr. Schmee. Well, Grant got to be Peter pan at least. Eden got to wear the lady bug stuffs that I made for Grace years ago. And Grace was particularly thrilled with this flamenco dress. My parents brought it back from Barcelona for my youngest sister some 15 years ago. When Grammie brought it with her on her last visit, we put it directly into the lineup.

Girlfriend was not happy about having her picture taken.

We enjoyed ourselves at our ward's trunk or treat.

Fortunately, I took pictures of our pumpkins the night we decorated them. The carved ones didn't make it to Halloween night before spoiling. Thank you, Phoenix.

Grace and Grant got to wear their costumes out and about a few times. Grace went to a Halloween party hosted by one of her classmates, and Grant's preschool had a party. 

Trick or treating on our block is just the best. Most of the neighborhood is decorated. Our back yard neighbors turn their garage into a spook alley. Neighbors sit out on their driveways with their buckets of candy to see all the children dressed up. 80% of them made Grant out to be a Robin Hood, an identity he was pretty happy with by the end of the night.

Other happy things we did to celebrate: watched a few movies - Hocus Pocus, The Haunted Mansion, Coraline {so weird!}, and the Nightmare Before Christmas; turned the pages of our favorite Halloween books - Walter Wick's Do You See What I See on a Stormy Stormy Night and Haunted House Haunted Mouse to name a couple; listened to a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's Berenice on SYSK (did this on my own); consumed many festive treats.