The boys think that the best part of October is having reasons to dress up in their costumes multiple times. First up was Blake and Nash’s Halloween piano recital. Next was the kindergarten parade. Finn had a party in preschool. Back at the elementary school, they had “Fall Activity Day.”…
It usually feels like a race to end to pull off all of the costume parts and accessories that the boys plan out, and this year was no exception. Nash’s costume in particular took a considerable amount of time to get right. He dressed up as Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! I…
I began Halloween morning at Crew’s preschool. His class went trick-or-treating at surrounding community buildings. I got to stay to help with crafts and snacks. I can’t think of a better place to be than preschool on Halloween. The boys were cooperative as always at my attempt to gather them…
We were astonished by our new church congregation’s Halloween carnival. They turned the traditional trunk or treat activity into a full carnival and fundraiser for the youth. There was dinner, carnival game booths, cotton candy, sno cones, a haunted trailer, a silent auction and a petting zoo. We had over…
Blake was my second child that stuck with the same costume he wore last year. Since we moved to a new neighborhood and a new ward over the summer and costumes aren’t allowed at school, he figured no one had seen his Micheal Phelps costume yet. It was such a…
Nash always has a solid idea on what he wants to dress up as for Halloween and it usually involves some sort of fantasy character. This year he chose to be Link from The Legend of Zelda. I had no idea who that was but we looked it up and…
Some costumes are too good to retire after one year and that’s how Crew felt about the pirate costume. He wouldn’t consider dressing up as anything else. That made my job easier too. Win win. If only we had inflatables like some of our neighbors, then all of Crew’s Halloween…
Finn developed a love for robots and was so excited to dress up as a robot for Halloween. Any type of fleece costume is a risk in Southern California because you never know how hot it will be on Halloween, but I couldn’t imagine him being comfortable walking around in…
Crew is our ringleader in the holiday decor category. He presses me to pull out the Halloween decorations well before October. I usually find myself agreeing because he’s so persistent. However, the final product of spider webs and orange mini lights never seems to fully satisfy him. The minimalist in…
We kicked off our Halloween festivities with a preschool costume party. One of Crew’s friends refused to put on his costume that his talented mom spent hours sewing. He wouldn’t wear anything but his Christmas pajamas. I think that made this capture even better. We hosted the party at our…
