Halloween 2011

Well  figured I better get my Halloween post up before it's Thanksgiving.

We had a really fun Halloween this year.  Zack is old enough to understand Trick or Treating and he even helped pick out his costume.  I love making the boys their Halloween costumes.  It will be a very sad day when they want the store bought stuff.  Yes I know it will be easier but the store bought costumes are so cheaply made... blah!  Oh well. 

Zack wanted to be a Zombie.  How does he know what a Zombie is you ask?  I blame Disney Chanel.  Okay I don't blame them but I think he saw a episode of Shake it Up with some Zombies on it.  But when we were looking through Costumes.com to get an idea what he wanted to be he always chose the Zombies.  He even had me print them for him. Ughh.  I had huge moral issues with having my three year old son dress up as a Zombie.  All the costumes had blood and gore on them.  Eww, I know I'm such a Mom and a Girl!  So I convinced Zack to be Frankenstein.  Come on he's the ultimate Zombie!  Plus I found some really cute ideas on pinterest on how to make a Frankenstein hat.  Plus I like having the boys dress up as a theme and I figured if Zack was Frankenstein; Gavin could be Igor! 

So Zack was Frankenstein

And Gavin was Igor

Our Halloween Activities:
Ward Halloween Carnival.  This year the Young Women were in charge which meant I was involved.  Zack had a good time, Gavin still wasn't 100% on board but he did get candy so that was a plus.  The Carnival was nice because it was on the Tuesday before Halloween so we didn't have to do Ward stuff then try to fit family stuff in as well.  It was also nice to change from the Trunk or Treat to just visiting a few rooms and playing games.   Yes less candy but more fun... right?  I hope people enjoyed it, I know it was a change but change is GOOD.
I didn't get any pictures because I was involved in the whole thing.  I'll try to find some pictures from anyone who had a camera.

Family Halloween Party.  Deanna hosted this year's Halloween party for our family.  It was fun!  We ate super yummy food.  Deanna totally was a rock star with the desserts.  Played a really fun Scavenger Hunt (even though it was suppose to be in the daylight but ended up being in the dark it was a blast).  And just hung out with family.  Which is really is truly the funnest part. 

Our Family of Monsters




All The Waldo's. 

Yummy Food

Gardner Village with Friends.  It's becoming a tradition to go to Gardner village with our neighborhood friends.  This year we went right before Halloween.  I had to work and others had things to do in the afternoon so we met at 10:00am.  It was nippy so we didn't dress up.  By Noon when we left it had definitely started warming up.  It was fun walking around looking at all the witches.  We have a fun group of friends, and I'm so glad that all our kids are close in age and get along so well. 

And finally Halloween.  At 4:30 we visited Bob's parents at their house to show them the kids costumes.  About 5:15 we visited my Dad's to trick or treat and show off the costumes.  About 6ish we got home and ate Dinner.  About 6:30 Bob took the kids trick or treating.  About 7:30 we headed to my mom's house to show off costumes and trick or treat on her street.  About 8:30 we visited my Grandma to show off the costumes.  By the end of the night we were EXHAUSTED.  Sorry family but next year we may just stay home and trick or treat in our neighborhood.  If anyone wants to see the costumes they'll have to come visit or wait for pictures.  Love you all but dragging those two around was a lot of work. 

 Trick or Treating has begun!  Mom almost forgot the camera, had to run home to get that photo-op.



 Pictures aren't in front of our house but as mentioned I forgot the camera and ran back home to get it.  So this the best I could do.  Love these little boys!

 I love this picture of  Gavin because it truly shows his hump.  He's not looking at the camera but one picture that he actually looks like Igor... I'll take it!

So that was our Halloween.  It was a lot of FUN!

Oh and for future reference, Halloween weather was AMAZING!  Didn't even need a jacket.  I believe the weather was in high 50 degree's could have been in the 60's.  Temperatures quickly dropped and we had snow within a week.