Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween. It began with an 8am soccer game, another one at 10:30, and Camie's birthday party at noon. Around 5pm we started getting ready for the evening of trick-or-treating. It is a lot of work to curl/crimp Taneal's hair for Hermoine, put make-up on three girls, do Danielle's hair into a princess bun, paint whiskers on Nathan, help Spencer into his costume and then out again the use the bathroom and then into it once again. Then we had the gathering of treat buckets, the application of bug spray, the individual pictures, group shots, silly face shots, use of the bathroom again, quick trick-or-treating to the neighbors, loading into the van, and off to a friends house in our same subdivision to go trick-or-treating.  We had a great time,

Nathan was exhausted from the busy day and after a few houses he only wanted to kick his bucket like a soccer ball instead of filling it with treats while throwing fits. Being tired is so hard. But he made the cutest little lion. And when only family was watching, he would even growl.

Spencer was sooo good. He got some green teeth at the ward party and wore them all night. He said his timid little "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" with the green teeth in place. He got his candy then came to the side walk in front of each house and sat down waiting for everyone to finish. And as we were walking along if he saw a flower growing in the grass, he would pick it and bring it to me. The little boy/dinosaur just knows how to mely my heart. And you should hear the roar of that dinosaur. He has been practicing it since we bought his costume back in September. I MUST capture it on video, He even told Evan that he needed to take a break from roaring because it was hurting his throat. It is some pretty serous business.

Danielle was so excited about her rainbow fairy costume, It was fun to make because she liked the costume so much. She really liked wearing make-up and knew whe looked beautiful. She had a harder time following the rules of trick-or-treating, but for Danielle, following rules is hard in general. She had fun and got way too much candy.

Camie's costume was by far the funnest costume I have ever made. Camie is so easy to please and is so grateful afterwards. She isn't picky, is happy with any results, and is so fun to do things for. She designed her costume from a book she read, Trixie, the Halloween Fairy. I finished the costume back in the beginning of October and then found to cool tights at Target. She was one happy, happy trick-or-treater and managed to get about double the candy of anyone else. I don't know if she double-dipped from each house or what, but she sure scored in the candy department.

Taneal bought her robe with her own money this summer. She finished reading the whole Harry Potter series this year and is so fascinated with the character, Hermoine Granger. For the costume we added in the tie and a wand. Lucky me, I didn't have to sew a thing for Taneal's costume and she was very pleased with the results. She even bought herself a three barrel curling iron this summer to make her hair wavy like Hermoine.

We had a great Halloween. It was nice having Evan home this year for the occasion, even though he opted to pass out candy instead of going around with the kids.

And how do you spell check with this new blogger format? I don't spell worth a darn and I don't want the whole world to know that.