Halloween Shenanegins

I'm starting to think that Halloween is my least favorite holiday.  Why?  Late nights and too much candy.  The candy wouldn't be so bad if it were GOOD candy (and thus to be consumed by ME), but it is candy I have no desire to eat and it is everywhere.  Add in staying up too late and life is no longer a barrel of laughs. Saturday was our Ward Halloween Party.  I was grumpy that it started at 7pm (which is when we start our bedtime routine!), but we went and had a great time.  The kids didn't get to bed till 10pm and they begged for candy all Saturday. Saturday night was our block party.  We went and the kids had fun running around with their friends.  Fortunately, between the dark and the cold, it wasn't too hard to get them home at a reasonable hour and they were only slightly late to bed.  Hopefully we will be ready for Wednesday night's festivities and it won't be too bad.  And hopefully there will be enough good candy for me to paw through!

Scary Marian! 

Us at the Ward party.  I'm the scary cat lady.  The 3 older girls are cats and Rylee is a cowgirl.  Fun stuff!  (It took me 2 trips to the thrift store to find my dress!) 

The pumpkins we carved for the event.  You can barely tell that the one on the left is a ninja-like mummy.  Callie designed the one on the right.  She was quite pleased with herself. 

My Marian Kitty! 

Callie was not interested in a picture. 

The kids after the Trunk-or-Treat carnage. 

 I made "monster toes" for our block party.  Cool, aren't they?!!

We also brought "mummy-dogs" and we didn't have any leftovers to bring back home. 

Delaney was so sad at the start of the block party because she lost her tiger tail.  Isn't she pitiful?! 

Rylee had a magnificent time galloping around on her horse.  It was pretty chilly, but she was not going to put on a jacket.  I felt better knowing that her legs, at least were toasty.

A now-happy Delaney!  The neighbor let her borrow a tail, and she got her face painted.  Life is grand again!

Levi got in on the Halloween candy as well.  Or more accurately, he got INTO the candy.