Halloween Party 3 .. The Finale !

So Halloween Day finally came. After Brooklyn and I went to Madison's class party (unfortunately my camera died and I have no pictures to show for it ) we headed home and slowly got ready for the infamous night ! All of the weeks festivities were leading up to this one crazy night. After having done the school party which included a school parade to show off the costumes ( which unfortunately bombed for Madison this year as her black cat accessories would not stay on her :0( )and doing 2 hours of behavioral therapy at home afterward, Madison was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and falling asleep at 6:30pm. Our plans of going out trick or treating as a family this year were once again thwarted ! Last year I had laryngitis and Madison was grumpy so daddy and Brooklyn did the hour long excursion together. So Brooklyn and I headed out this year together. I am so glad I got to go too. Brooklyn had me laughing hysterically as she would knock on doors and ask people right off the bat if they had a doggy . Then as they would respond "no" she would continue with asking them if they had a kitty . When I would finally get a word in and say "Brooklyn, what do you say to get candy" she would perk up in her cutest voice and say "Trick or Treaters"! She had them all quite taken back and we instantly made friends with neighbors we had never met before . With all of the questions she had for these new friends, it ended up taking us 2 hours to get around our whole cull-De-sac and home. By the last house she was asking me to take her home. It was a great finale for the holiday !

Halloween Fun part 1 of 3

Well Halloween this year was our busiest one yet ( hence the 3 parts ) ! We had an adult Halloween party on Friday the 26th. It was the second annual one thrown by some friends in the ward. We were geisha warriors last year and had a good time with it. Even though we had a full year to think long and hard about it, in the end our creative juices were not working well for our budget. So 2 days before the party, we decided to be rigged refs. In case you do not quite get it, it was a mocking of the referee scandal that happened this past summer. It was a last minute switch from the original idea of him being a ref and me being a cheerleader. It worked and we had fun with it. In case you cannot see from the picture, we have goofy ref costumes on with fake hundred dollar bills coming out of our collar and sleeves. It was Jakes clever idea . We also had lots of fun seeing all of our friends ideas, enjoying a big game of Werewolf and chowing down on lots of good food . We look forward to it next year and are already thinking up ideas for our costumes.