Fun Halloween 2012

Halloween was so fun this year!

We started it all off with the ward's annual Halloween party, which is usually a Trunk or Treat...this year, we kicked it like we did back in Woodinville in the old days, and knocked on doors in the church building.  It was fun, and more contained, and I loved it.  It was fun to see everyone's costumes, and it was the first time that my kids had their costumes on for all to see, and i LOVED it!  

Ivy was a Bee, with a stinger,

Max was Blue Toad from Super Mario Brothers (wii)

and Scarlet dressed up as a little chick (we re-used Ivy's first Halloween costume)

Oh, she's so yummy! {and sitting like a champ these days}

Next big thing was Ivy's Preschool Halloween Parade.  She got to wear her costume to school, and recited a poem for the parents, and then paraded around with her class, and collected candy from some of the parents.  She cracked me up with her little stinger bouncin' around when she walked, and even though we had 'sitting-in-a-chair' lessons to deal with having a large posterior, she just chose to stand and do her work. hi-larious!

Then the big night!

We did our usual trick or treating at our local grocery store (the strip has all of the stores and restaurants pass out candy, and it's daylight, safe and awesome...we've done it every year since we moved to CA, so we HAD to do it again...it's fun)

Then, we broke out of our shell, and after dinner, we walked to a little 'normal' neighborhood down the street a couple of blocks (and by normal, I mean not down-town apartments, but real, live houses...wow)  Shockingly, we've never really done Trick or Treating in a neighborhood the way normal people do!  Can you believe it?!?  we usually do the grocery store thing, then hit my Great Aunts's house, and a few of her neighbors, and call it good.  My Great Aunt passed away this year, so we had to come up with plan B.  We live around 80 jillion apartments, with a random house every now and then, so trick or treating in apartments isn't as fun...and people don't pass out candy!

 It made me so happy!  The kids were giggling, and running from door to door.  I just had a smile on the whole time...It made my heart happy all night!  (and we busted out Max's first Halloween costume which fits Scarlet, and allows her to sit in a stroller (the chick costume doesn't) and she was so cute in it!)

 Their cute little bums:

  Trick or Treat?

  our little Scarlet cub.

 I hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

Now, we're waiting to see what the Switch Witch has left the kids in exchange for the candy tonight!!!