Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Two Princesses and a Spider

Before the costumes...
I finally gave in and bought the pumpkin trick-or-treat buckets this year. The kids have usually just used plastic bags or whatever I could find, but I thought it would be fun to have the real thing this year. Avery was so excited to have one.



Hayden decided to use her pumpkin to put all of her princess dolls in.

All dressed up...

Avery was so excited to be Belle this year, and Hayden wanted to wear anything but the Hula girl outfit I was hoping she would. Oh well, another princess it was.



Despite her lack of smile, Hayden did have a really fun time trick-or-treating. She just goes through these pouty moods (quite frequently I might add) but thankfully this one didn't last long.

Kiley was our little Spider this year. My Mom bought her this adorable costume, and although the hat was a little big, it was really cute on her.
Unfortunately, the spider costume was made for places that actually get cold on Halloween, so she couldn't wear it very long without sweating. Thankfully, we had a backup strawberry hat that Kiley could wear to our ward trunk-or-treat party. (The rest of the strawberry costume was fleece from head to toe, so a onesie it was for our 80 + degree Halloween night.)


We had a great time and the kids loved dressing up in their costumes and of course getting handfuls of candy for their buckets. I still can't believe another Halloween has come and gone. Where has this year gone?? Anyway, hope you all had a great Halloween too.

Preschool Halloween Party

Last week was my first time hosting preschool at my house. We had a Halloween party on Thursday with all of the kids in Avery's preschool class. They were so cute in their costumes. We read some Halloween stories, played Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin and a Halloween matching game, and decorated trick-or-treat bags.

Kayla didn't want to be in the group picture, so I took a picture of her on the floor.

Avery (a.k.a. Belle) dancing with her friend Emily (the ballerina) before the party started.When the moms came to pick up their kids, we all went outside and they "trick-or-treated" to each of us. We all brought 8 non-candy items to pass out to the kids, so they got some fun things like glow in the dark bracelets, coloring books, and parachute pumpkins.
There were a few extra kids in this picture outside because some of the younger siblings of the preschoolers (including Hayden) wanted to participate in the festivities. Overall, it was a really fun party and the kids loved wearing their costumes to preschool and showing them to the other kids. It was a busy, but fun day.