Every year our church ward has a Halloween party. This year Zachary went as a dresser. In my humble opinion, it was the best costume of the night. However, he really hated to put the costume on and we had to fight to get it over his head! It seemed okay when he got candy though....
Everyone thought his costume was adorable and couldn't believe I would put that much work into it. It was alot of fun!
We have an annual tradition of trick or treating on Grandma and Grandpa Nightingale's street. It allows them to see the kids in costume and the kids get tons of candy since not many people trick
or treat on the street - maybe because it is a cul de sac without any streetlights?Sierra brought a friend this year to show off their matching costumes (a hershey candy bar wrapper and the chocolate inside.) Last year Sierra was the Hershey wrapper - a costume I made. This year she and her friend Lyshae decided they had to have matching costumes so she mad me make a costume of the chocolate inside. As many of you know, I do not claim to be crafty so it was tough for me. I guess they came out okay and they had fun wearing them.
Carson decided to be a hospital patient who needed to have
his head reattached. The day after Halloween when went shopping at Old Navy (they had his favorite thing on sale - hoodies). Well, we forgot to remove the tattoos from Halloween. It made it a very funny shopping experience! The clerk asked if he was feeling okay - Carson didn't understand why at first. I guess we should have removed them prior to going. Oh well, it was fun to laugh about it!
Austin was Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. (I love www.freecycle.org which made Austin and Carson's costume's possible.) He isn't wielding his sword in this picture.
Zachary was much more willing to get in his costume to go trick or treating. I guess he learned that if he wore the costume he got candy. He loves candy. Especially suckers!When I made the costume I didn't think about having to wear a coat underneath. It barely fit. It also made it impossible to carry him so he only trick or treated at a few houses. He still ended up with plenty of candy and he was very happy.
It was a fun night for all. I am proud to say we still have plenty of candy left. I am the ultimate candy scrooge- I only let them have a few peices of candy a day and only if they ask for it. Last year Carson had candy all year long. I told him he couldn't go trick or treating this year unless it was all gone. Boy did he eat it fast! He even shared it to get it gone.
