Halloween 2010

We had a lot of fun this Halloween! On Friday, I took the girls to a shopping place called Gardeners Village. It is a neat place, I think I have been there years before because it looked really familiar. Anyway, they decorate for Halloween with dozens of huge, animated witches. Since Ava was a witch this year, I decided we needed to go check it out! It was totally packed that day, and I woke up not feeling well. I pressed on, however, not wanting to disappoint my kiddos. Boy, did I feel yucky all day! By about lunch time I was questioning my dedication, but we were an hour away from home and still had to go to Jason's office to trick or treat in downtown SLC. Uhg. I made it though. And we still had fun!

Michaela was so excited to find Harry Potter things in one store. They had some pretty neat stuff. They even had a sorter hat!



Here is Ava in front of one of the witches. This one was riding her bike in the sky!


Here is all the girls in front of another witch.

After touring the shops, (me praying not to puke the whole time) and eating lunch (the girls anyway!) we were off to Jason's office. They have trick or treating every year. For the last few years, we have done it at the Poky office. It is huge here! 70 different stations, and the big wigs gave out full sized candy bars. I really felt bad by this point.


This shot is for the grandmas. Look at that cute chubby giraffe butt!


Corrine found another giraffe at the office. There was a ton of people there, it was very crowded. When she saw him, she walked right up to him and started petting him, poking the giraffe nose, and hugged him. I wish I could have known what she was thinking!


On Saturday, we had the trunk or treat, then went trick or treating after. Here is our witchy Ava! She made a great witch. She even had an evil laugh!

Payden was a girlie pirate. She put her costume together herself, even painted the design on the shirt. I thought it turned out very cute.


And of course, Corrine was an adorable, pudgy giraffe.


This is our bishop giving the girls candy. Michaela stayed home; she wasn't feeling well. Corrine really got the trick or treat idea. At every stop, she would say trick or treat in her loud, clear voice, then say thank you! It was adorable.


This is at Jon and Carrie's car.

It started to rain right when the trunk or treat was wrapping up, and it rained pretty hard for a while. So Jason took an umbrella and out they went, into the rain in pursuit of more candy! They only went to a few houses, just for the experience. Payden went with a friend from school.




Michaela stayed home and did her face and hair for our trick or treaters.


I must warn you, the next to pictures are somewhat disgusting.

Each child has this many full sized candy bars:


And as per our family norm, the girls claimed a few candies they wanted to make sure they got, then the rest went into a communal pot. We had to get a new pot. Never have we had this much excess of candy. Oh my.

I warned you. That cauldron is huge, and it is full. I put Ninny behind it for perspective. This will last us for quite a while, though, as our kids only get a small treat after lunch and dinner. They are not allowed to go at it at will. I won't have to buy treats for about a year!
Then on Sunday, we popped popcorn and made wassail and drank it while we watched Babies. It was a nice night. A nice Halloween!