Happy Halloween!

We had a fantastic showing of Trick or Treaters at our house this year and all our full-sized candy bars went fast. Brent had to dig into the back up stash. Brigitta completely skipped the Halloween festivities and focused on setting up her Christmas decorations (she'd been looking forward to transforming her room for weeks). Sydney hit the streets with a friend and amassed a lot of candy- she was pretty proud of herself. The flapper costume wouldn't work for a chilly evening so she donned her cow pajama onesie which worked perfectly! Ireland also went trick or treating with friends until dark while Liesel stayed home and worked on college applications (which she completed in the nick of time!).

Due to building scheduling, the ward Halloween party was actually on November 1 so it was a Dia de los Muertos party. Brigitta and Sydney made good use of the flapper dresses I'd bought for family photos. Liesel went as Fantastic Mr Fox. Ireland worked hard on her costume from the children's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. She found the overalls, made the ears and cookie and did her own makeup! I don't even mind that she borrowed my slippers. 

Liesel and Ireland peeled off early to go to parties with their friends but Bishop handed over the camera remote for Sydney and Brigitta. They definitely had some fun with that!

People brought family photos for the ofrenda and due to weather, the Trunk or Treat was inside. I had some large bedding that I needed to take to the laundromat so I wasn't there for the entire party. Honestly? I was glad for the excuse to slip out. I have so many years under my belt of going all out for Halloween (Costumes! Pumpkin Patch! Corn Maze! Apple Picking!) that I'm ready for a season of life when it is not the huge production it used to be.