Tricks and Treats!

As promised, more Halloween! Last weekend our ward had a Trunk or Treat party, so while Jon got some much needed R & R up in the mountains, I headed solo to the party with the kiddos. Lucy decided to wear her "Dorothy" costume (also made by Grandma Cardon), and was SUPER excited to see her primary friends all dressed up.

The youth were in charge of carnival games for the kids, and Zach and Lucy both had a blast gathering candy and prizes and playing games like this one-- pumpkin bowling!

Both kids wanted to get their faces painted, and as soon as Lucy was finished she took off with her primary buddies and I didn't see her again until the trunk or treating!

Zach requested a Spiderman face, and the priests and laurels took it very seriously. They COVERED his face in this thick red paint, and then tried to outline his eyes in white and black, but after 20 minutes of sitting perfectly still I could tell Zach was not having it. As soon as they finished he started rubbing his eyes, and wanted it OFF pronto. What a mess!

Sunday evening we decided to carve our pumpkins and watch the Disney version of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," per tradition.

Zach picked a demon and Lucy picked a bat, which I'm proud to say I carved-- and for the first time in 3 years, I successfully completed it without it imploding. Hooray! And man, I love that Zachy face! So him.

Pretty spooky, right? Unfortunately, with the Southern-style heat they'd both started rotting by Monday evening and didn't even make it to Halloween. Oh well.

And finally, on THE Halloween I had a doctor's appointment that went an hour later than expected, Jon couldn't get off the base until 5 p.m., so while I had great visions of making this cutesy Halloween dinner for my kiddos, Chick fil A saved the day and within 20 minutes of us eating we were changed and out the door pounding the pavement for candy!

Zachary was determined to ride his tricycle, which was a bad idea in many ways-- a) he's SLOW, b) he's even slower because our neighborhood has tons of hills, and c) he tried to carry his bucket but it kept spilling when he tried to steer. Plus it was pitch black outside, and after he end-over-ended down a hill, we convinced him to hop in the stroller.

Ahhhh, much better and much more efficient. We were really able to cover a lot more ground then.

After we'd trick or treated as long as we could handle (Lucy's feet were "haunting" her), the kids headed home to count up their loot. Not bad for one night's haul! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!