Happy Halloweeeeeeeen

What would Halloween be without the rain I ask you? It seems to be the turning point from summerish to winterish weather. And I guess it just wouldn't be the same without it.
Our Halloween started on Thursday with the school parade and carnival. Dave was nice enough to bring Andee and Kenadie down for the events. It's tradition. I've paraded my kids through the school every Halloween since Paityn was born. I love it.
Cinderella won out again this year for Andee. We went through quite a few different options but I guess thankfully she decided on something we already had.

Paityn chose something simple too. A cute little cat! You can't see them but she had a cute tail and some cute little paws that didn't stay on long.

And our little Kenadie had no choice. She got to wear something we already had too. You can't really tell here, but she's a 50's girl. It's so cute to see her toddle down the hall in this little poddle skirt. She found this horse, which was part of one of my students costume, and just "rode" around the room on it for quite a while. I hope Santa was watching :)

Friday was the night we carved our pumpkins. I always love this activity. It really shows my kids personalities.

Kenadie is interested in how everything tastes. She came to the conclusion that the insides of the pumpkin weren't that great tastin'.

This is typical Andee. She has been grossed out by the whole thing ever since her first Halloween.

Need I say more about how Kenadie felt about the whole thing.

Paityn has always loved doing this. She is now to the age where she does the whole thing by herself. She was very thoughtful about what she wanted her pumpkin to look like. It turned out great!

The full affect. Left to right: Paityn's, Kenadie's, Dave's, Andee's.

The Pumpkin Carving Crew. I'm part of the "behind the scenes" crew.

Saturday night was our ward Trunk or Treat. It was actually 3 wards combined and it was meant to be in the "trunks" but ended up inside the church itself due to the rain.

Paityn was once again a cat

A bundled-up Cinderella this time

And we changed Kenadie's costume to a ladybug because it was much warmer. And besides, she is our little "bug".

This was the scene at the beginning of trunk or treat. POuring rain, lots of umbrellas, lots of puddles and lots of cold, wet kids. They braved the weather for about 10 minutes until we saw that everyone was moving inside the church. To be honest, the conditions weren't much better. It was a combined, 3 ward activity and there were so many people crammed into the gym. IT was hot and hard to move around. Oh well. They got TONS of candy. I'm thinking that if it rains next year, we're just going to the mall (great idea Angie!)

Me and Kenadie manned the treats while the others went tricking

Oh boy! Kenadie couldn't believe all the candy.

Happy Halloween everyone!