Halloween Part 3: The Pumpkins and the Parties

Monday FHE: Carving of the pumpy-kins!

From left to right: Luke's, Tianna's, Mine, Adelia's: I must say, some of our best work yet!

 Check out those caramel apples-- make your mouth water?

Before I begin, I have to tell you about our cute child. Due to a Halloween book that has a jack-0-lantern on the front cover and a "Ah-ah-ah" laughing Vampire on the last page, EVERY time Adelia sees a pumpkin with a face she makes a throaty "ha-ha-ha-ha" laugh. It's hilarious!

She also loves to sing the "Elmo's World Song" Well, sing, as in saying "Ga-Ga-Ga" to the tune of Elmos World. So she says her throaty "ha ha ha" laugh to Luke's Pumpkin and "Ga Ga Ga (trust me, it sounds like the song) when she points to her own. She's too cute!

THURSDAY was the TREAT-OR-TREAT at Luke's work.
The Disney Princess Trio: Cinderella, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

After a nice haul of candy we had to rush to meet our friends for the pumpkin walk. Apparently, it had ended a few days before. But don't worry, Sponge Bob was still there! Actually, we were quite sad we didn't make it as a family...

FRIDAY morning- Tianna's CLASS PARTY:

I was already getting sick of seeing this dress in every picture.. and it wasn't even Halloween for a few more days!

Friday AFTERNOON: Witches at Gardner Village

 We just had to stop by and see the witches. I went with Tianna when she was 1 but haven't made it back since.  The witches were so fun-- but the place was way too busy. Never go the day before Halloween (or actually, the day before Halloween was observed in Utah) People everywhere!

Since this is already so long, the next post: FRIDAY NIGHT and SATURDAY NIGHT

Halloween Shtuff Part 2: A Day with Witches

So picking up where we left off last time-- after the pumpkin walk, we headed down to Castle Dale for the YEARLY DEER HUNT.

Although Luke did not have a tag, for the 3rd year in a row, we still went down for the deer hunt for the 3rd year in a row (it's hard to know if his school schedule will allow time for it, when you have to put in for the draw in January) Despite not having his own tag, he had a good time. He spent Saturday helping our bro-in-law, Chris, look for his deer. He didn't actually get one until Sunday when Luke wasn't with him. But congrats to him on his first BUCK.

Well now, what did the girls and I do while Daddy was out on the big hunt all day? We played with Monica and Courtney and the cute little Bingham boys. And had WAY TOO MUCH FUN! Monica had a great idea to have a Halloween activity-filled day. We started out with  BREAKFAST WITH WITCHES (aka, the women dressing up like witches, making breakfast for the kids, and all eating it in costume)

We had quite the spread: French toast in the shape of pumpkins and ghosts, crispy fingertips (hashbrowns), Bat wings (bacon), Brain (yogurt stuff), Stomach bile (food coloring in orange juice) and other ghastly but delicious things...

After breakfast we did a fun photo shoot:

Then we went to show off the costumes to the great grandparents. 

 After that, the wee ones were exhausted so we put the two down for a nap and made SLIME (Glue/Borax/food coloring) with the older kids.  It was a big hit!

Adelia awoke just in time for some slime-time.  She was none too pleased when she discovered she wasn't allowed to eat it.

She was however allowed to eat another creepy meal at Monica's house. We made spaghetti (worms and blood), and bone shaped bread sticks.  Yum yum!

It was a crazy day, but we loved it! Thank you Monica for playing hostess and letting us have such a SPOOKTACULAR day! (and thank you for the cute edits on all the pictures you took! I especially LOVE the one one of Tianna)
Okay, next post-- Pumpkin Carving!

Fall/Halloween Happenings Part 1

We have been having too much fun this fall. :)
 On Oct 9th we hauled the kiddos off to BOO @ the ZOO (Willow Park Zoo, not Hogle Zoo)
 The kids played games, got candy, and of course,check out the wild things.
Don't we have the prettiest Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and the cutest darn lion ever?

The afternoon of Oct. 12th, for Luke's "Fall-Break," we went to The American West Heritage Center. We LOVE LOVE LOVE that place and will greatly miss it when we move away from Logan.

The Train Ride

 The Pumpkin launching view-- pretty country!

Us

Kids activities in the hay bales

Stuck in the stocks. dang.

the corn maze

One day we picked out our pumpkins.... and attempted pictures.

A close second to all the activities and yummy treats of fall, the DECORATIONS are one of the best things of the season.

On Oct. 24th, Tianna's class had another field trip. This time it was to one of our MOST FAVORITE-EST Logan events-- the PUMPKIN WALK! 

This year was hands down the best we've seen! My camera died half way through, but here are the BEST displays on the first half. The second half pictures will have to wait until we go as a family some time this week. 

 Our group

 Bugs Life

 Toy Story

 Snow White (she's Asian, didn't ya know?)

 Hero vs. Villain baseball

 Yabba-Dabba-dooooooooo!

 Pixar's short film- Partly Cloudy

 The original Snoop Dog

 Under da Sea

 Smurfs. Cartoons just haven't been the same since you.

 Lilo and Stitch

 Polar Express--- probably the most accurate of the face painting

 Pretty sure Tianna has had a picture with this Ariel the last 3 years! haha.

 Adelia makes a cute Jessie.

Now, stay tuned for more Halloween and Fall fun when we post about our Deer Hunt trip and the crazy fun we had while the hunters were out. 

Also, upcoming events such as: caramel apple dipping, pumpkin walk-part 2, carving pumpkins, a Halloween party, and then the ACTUAL HALLOWEEN events. Whew. Who knew October could be so full.