halloween 2011

we had such a great halloween this year!

first we went to a halloween party with all of kate and will's friends!
they played games and jumped on the trampoline outside, worked on a couple of crafts, ate pizza, and then kate's favorite part...the AWESOME spook alley!
will loved it too...he kept going back downstairs with anyone that would let him tag along...
which of course was everyone!

the other place will could be found...right in front of the fish!
he really loves fish...a lot.

a quick nap for will and we were off to our ward's chili cook-off and trunk-or-treat.

the costume parade...

notice kate...but no will...
she promised she would hold his hand and stay with him.

he did finally stroll in...all by himself...went through the gym and then we lost him for about 15 mins! 

so a big THANKS to the person that kept a hold of him...grandpa was the one to find him and didn't know who it was...not a fun 15 minutes :(

next up....the trunk-or-treat. i'll be honest, not really sure how i feel about the whole thing! i think my kids have it way too easy....they should have to walk to every house in the neighborhood to get a bag full of candy...not a quick walk through our church parking lot!

grandpa wanted a picture with the kiddos...will did not.

on halloween day kate had her class party. 

we made cute pumpkin shakers, had some yummy treats, and played some very fun games!

and just for uncle gary....a picture of the monster cupcakes that i made....on my blog...for everyone to see.

and the 15 halloween bags that i made and embroidered glow-in-the-dark spider webs on ;)

the weather was perfect for trick-or-treating on halloween night!

 

the kids had so much fun running around the neighborhood with some of our favorite friends, josh and alex!

kate and josh were usually at the next house before will and alex could even get off  the last porch!

i love that kate loves to match her little brother (and he hasn't complained...yet)

but...we got lots of confused looks when the "monster" showed up twice on their doorsteps!

i had to say a couple of times that we had two of them!

 will had more fun looking at all of the decorations...and if it glowed, made sound, or moved we had to go get him so we could go to the next house!

note for next year....bring water for everyone to drink! poor kate almost died from thirst. 

i didn't think we would last longer then 45 minutes, maybe a hour...but we were out there for almost two!

it was such a fun night and kate is already asking when we can have halloween again!