Halloween 2012

Eliza wasn't allowed to dress up this year for school, but we still managed to find plenty of dress up opportunities in October!  Our ward had their annual chili cook off, brownie bake off, carnival and Trunk or Treat party on one night and the kids went as a Snow Princess (Eliza), Cinderella (Chloe), and Pumpkin (Asher).  We ate some food, did some of the games, and then did only half of the Trunk or Treat before heading home.  The kids had PLENTY of candy after just part of that part of the night.   Rob and I took our favorites and let the kids eat their candy.  Chloe is our candy lover and she pretty much finished off all the candy that she got that night.  A few hours later, she started throwing up.  We thought it might be because of too much candy, but after it continued all night long we decided that she definitely had a stomach bug.  Not fun!  Especially when I was up most of the night with her and Rob went out of town for work the next day.

After spending the day of Halloween laying around the house, I decided that we were going to have to just go Trick or Treating with a sick girl.  Dinner was mummy hot dogs, monster apple slices, and root beer.    We met up with some of our favorite neighbors and walked up and down our street.  The neighborhood is fabulous for people participating and we had to stop and dump out the heavy candy filled buckets and still didn't even finish our street!  We had a couple costume changes on this night with Eliza staying the Snow Princess,  Chloe going as a little pirate, and Asher as a Skeleton.  It was the most perfect weather for Trick or Treating too - I couldn't believe our luck!   And Chloe seemed fine on Halloween night so I was glad it was a quick bug she had.  The girls loved helping me hand out candy after we made it back to the house and  of course going through their own candy hauls!