Okay more Halloween. . . .

I forgot to post these pics, so I am doing it now. My girls always LOVE skirts, so here are the Halloween ones:

From Bugs to Witches to Angels

Halloween was a two days at our house. School parties, spook walk at school, pumpkin decorating, Trunk or Treat, carnivals, family, etc., etc., etc., etc. You get the point. so instead of writing a book on the subject I will just hit the high spots.
At school they have a Spook Walk where the elementary kids walk through the school with their costumes on for the teachers, Principal, high school kids. (The school is a one hallway school basically so some benefits come from a small school :) Lexi had to go because Sadie was there so all three kids were in costume at the school that day. They had a great time walking, decorating pumpkins with a high school partner, and making their teacher into a mummy.
Saturday was normal until about five o'clock when the carnival at the church was put on with lots of fun games for the kids. Haylee wasn't sure what to think especially when her friend Darrell Peterson sat by her in his costume, they just sat there and stared at each other. It was funny!!! Truck or Treat followed outside in the parking lot and they got tons of candy as always. Aunt Angie, Uncle Jason and Abbie were up from Pocatello this year so they had fun playing this weekend as well.
Sadie dressed up as an angel, Lexi went as a "nice" witch and Haylee was a pink butterfly. Quite the crew!!!

Abbie the panda, Lexi the witch and Haylee the butterfly show us their haul. . . .

Haylee and Darrell staring at each other. . . .

Mr. Stokes the mummy and his "princesses"

Lexi , Mackenzie Mackay and Annie Matson decorating pumpkins. . . . .

Sadie, Haylee and Laura Playfair glittering up their pumpkin. . . .

My three "ghouls". . . . . .

Pumpkins and Cookies!!!

We started the tradition of baking Halloween sugar cookies a few years ago and the girls look forward to decorating them each year. We spent an afternoon and evening doing that with pumpkin carving. I figured I might as well do all the messy stuff the same time so I didn't have to clean up more than once! Haylee got bored with the pumpkin carving because there wasn't much for her to do but she loved getting candy pieces from her sisters while decorating cookies!

Cory wasn't feeling very well but still helped me with the carving. He said the sight of the green frosting made him feel nauseous. That's a first, I didn't have to keep poking his hand with a fork each time he stole a spoonful of frosting or candy!!!

Pre-Halloween

Dress-up seems to be the theme at our house all the time, however Lexi got it in her head that we needed to practice for Halloween. She and Haylee got dressed up to practice Trick or Treating although Lexi isn't going to be a princess and Haylee isn't going to be a pumpkin princess so I'm not sure how much practice they got :)

A Happy Halloween

We had a fun time for Halloween this year. I let Sadie and Lexi decorate the house with me. They loved putting up the static window clings and coloring pages to hang on the walls. We bought pumpkins to carve, but we didn't get them carved to I let the girls help me make pumpkin pie instead!


Sadie couldn't WAIT until she could put on her costume. I bought costumes on clearance last year so it was great that she loved it so much! Sadie was Alexa from Barbie and the Diamond Castle, Lexi was a pumpkin princess and Haylee was Eyeore. I takes a lot of effort to get three girls ready for Halloween and out the door! I have pitty for those mothers out there with more than three kids! We went to the trunk or treat this year at the church and after that the YM and YW in our ward put on a Halloween carnival at the church. It was a big hit. The kids had lots of games to choose from and play. There were prizes at every booth so they had TONS of candy. We went back to Grandpa and Grandma Bird's house afterwards for family time with Cory's sister and her family. It was a terrific Halloween. The weather even cooperated and it didn't snow (which is a first for the last 6 years)