With Halloween being on Sunday this year I called a friend of mine who grew up in this area and asked her if the kids went trick-or-treating on Saturday instead. She sort of giggled and said, "No, you can't change a holiday." I sort of giggled to myself for being so nieve! But hey, that's the way it was where I grew up in Utah. With that being said, we did our trick-or-treating at our stake-hosted trunk-or-treat on Thursday. We had a great time and once again, Daddy got to join us!! Sweet!! The weather was beautiful. I'm not used to Halloween being so warm, it's awesome!! At one car, we all got new toothbrushes and toothpastes. That was Kelsey's favorite in fact!
This is one of our friends Faustin Stevens. He is a 5th year Orthopaedic Surgery resident--almost done!!
Something else I wasn't prepared for was NO halloween parties at school!! I LOVED dressing up as a child and going from classroom to classroom in a parade showing off my costume. But...they don't do it here--go figure. Instead, the week of Halloween they had theme days. On Thursday it was pajama day, so I let Kelsey wear her pajamas that day.
On Saturday some friends of ours invited us to their Halloween party at their house. We had a great time visiting with friends. Kelsey and Mylee especially loved being able to dress-up again. Kelsey said to me, "Mom, can I wear make-up all the time, or is it just for Halloween?" We had to laugh as the "singles" came to the party just as many of us "married with kids" were leaving :) Oh how being married and having kids changes things--but ohh it's SO GREAT!
This is what I brought to the party--a watermellon carved like a brain!!
This is what happened a couple of hours before the party--the joys!!
On Wednesday of that same week, Mylee, Lanaea and I went to a Halloween party hosted by one of the public librarys here. Mylee had fun, but was more interested in the food then she was in the activities and crafts. That's Mylee for you!!
