Happy Halloween

We celebrated Halloween throughout the entire month of October this year! From Halloween crafts and pumpkins to trick AND trunk or treats... we had lots of fun.  We didn't even go to a pumpkin patch because the one weekend we wanted to go it was too hot and humid and then after that we were too busy.

Andrew made a spider hat at school.  He also brought home a spider library book to read.

We made Halloween decorations at home too- bats (as seen hanging around Andrew's neck) and we printed out Halloween pictures that we colored and Andrew hung up around the house.

Twins first Halloween

Here the kids drew Halloween pictures... Andrew's picture is the inside of a monster.  They both are budding artists.

Christian is dancing... what a cute skeleton!

Andrew and Sylvia also loved their costumes we ordered off Amazon for them!  Andrew was Donatello, a Teenage Ninja Turtle, and Sylvia was a pink pony.  

Pumpkin carving was fun! Sylvia really likes to make her silly face in pictures.

Daddy helped them carve their pumpkins just like their costumes.

Daddy with the pumpkins- picture taken by Sylvia.

The kids put on their costumes almost daily to have a dance party.  Here Andrew is showing his cool ninja turtle moves and smiling sweetly. 

We had a fun Halloween party to go to at Andrew's school at the beginning of the month.  The whole family came.

We ate pizza and goodies in the school cafeteria.

And played fun little games and with prizes.  We saw a lot of our friends from church there too and had fun.

Another fun thing we did in October was Daddy's work trunk or treat.  The kids got a lot of candy!  Each vehicle was decorated really cool but we liked the dragon one the best! 

We also went to Andrew's costume parade at school!

Andrew didn't want to wave or look at us!  Andrew's best friend Jaxson is right behind him in the Paw Patrol costume.

We also had the ward trunk or treat.  It took place at a ward member's house.  They have a beautiful home on a big property.

All the kids had fun running around and playing, our included.

They even had a trampoline.

Daddy wore his bacon costume again this year.  It's always a hit!  People love to see bacon!

Mommy didn't wear a costume this year.  Melody was a pumpkin girl.  The trunk or treat included a chili cook-off, so there was a lot of food, as well as a kid costume parade, a pie eating contest, trunk or treating, and a big bonfire.  It was a great party!  We love our friends here in the ward.

Lastly, we went actual trick or treating around our neighborhood when Halloween finally rolled around.  The kids filled up their baskets pretty quickly and then said they were done trick or treating.  We were able to pass out some candy once we returned home too.

 It was a month full of fun Halloween activities and the kids sure enjoyed them!  As Andrew loves to say, it was the best Halloween (or whatever holiday) ever!