Halloween 2008

We had a busy, but fun Halloween this year. Thursday night I guilt tripped Mikkele into staying home from a party to carve pumpkins with me. I know...I'm a horrible, selfish mother. But if we didn't carve them that night it just wasn't gonna get done, and what's a Halloween without carving pumpkins??? So she stayed home and carved them with me. I think she still had fun and didn't think about the party too much. She did a really good job gutting the pumpkins this year. She did hers and Grant's. Even though she made some faces, she was having fun. She decided she wanted to do a more complicated pumpkin this year. She got all the holes poked around the stencil, but when it came to carving she had a little bit of a tough time. So I finished carving hers while she carved Grant's. Her tongue cracks me up. It is always sticking out when she is concentrating on something. I guess she's our little Michael Jordan.

Here are the finished products. Grant and Mikkele's are on the top and mine is the puking pumpkin on the bottom.

Mikkele got to her ditch her uniform and wear her costume to school on Friday.

They had a party at school. She was excited to be a fairy because her teacher, Mrs. Beagles, and her BFF, Rietta were also fairy's.

In Springville they do trick-or-treating on Main Street. All the local businesses in "downtown" Springville give out candy and it brings out quite the crowd. Luckily we got there early and didn't have to wait in too many lines.

This witch is a teacher's aid at their school. She also works at one of the shops on Main St and the kids were excited to see her.

Skyler, Mikkele, Tienna, Katelyn, Rietta, Gunner, and Grant with their loot after trick-or-treating on Main St. Gunner was so funny. His face totally fit the role of Eeore. He wasn't so thrilled to be there.After Main St., Mikkele had her music class to go to. They also had a party. After music class we went to our ward trunk-or-treat. Mikkele went around to all the cars, then came back and took Grant around. He is loving trying all the candy. We gave him a sucker and he thought he was pretty funny when he bit down on the stick and wouldn't open. He is such a tease. Mikkele turned his hat sideways so he is a G-funk train conductor here.

Mikkele the fairy and Grant the train conductor at the trunk-or-treat.

After the trunk-or-treat we met up with Jeremy's family for his mom's birthday dinner at Sizzler. She gets to share her birthday with Halloween. Mikkele commented that she wishes her birthday was on Halloween, but I think Dorene would tell you differently. Happy Birthday Dorene! Dillon and Connor both dressed up as Indiana Jones, or as Dillon says "Dr. Jones". I couldn't get a picture of Connor looking at the camera. His hat won that battle.

We had a fun, busy Halloween. Mikkele is already planning her costume for next year. We'll see if she changes her mind.