Halloween-2008

We had a great Halloween this year! Every year, my sister, Mom and I take our kids trick or treating down Center Street in Provo. My sister (Saesha) lives in Pleasant Grove and for a few years we just felt  bad for ourselves that we never got to see each other on Halloween or see the kids all in their costumes. Then, one year we decided to meet in Provo and trick or treat down Center Street. It starts at 3:00, so it never interferes with any ward parties, or regular trick or treating and the kids love to get to see each other, as do Saesha, Mom and I.

Here we are, the four pirates. I don't usually dress up for Halloween (which is weird, because it's one of my favorite Holidays) but this year, I couldn't resist joining in with the boys.

Here is most of our group (Koby, Lori, Kolton and Kaleb all came a few minutes later). 

Aidan was so stinking cute in his little pirate outfit. I loved his bandana, but mostly, I loved how proudly he wore his costume. I was afraid he wouldn't want to wear it, but he loved it and it was so fun to watch him strut around. He wouldn't say "trick or treat", but he did say "Hawoween!" (Happy Halloween) to a few people. He was pretty good about saying thank you though. He cracked me up once, we went into a shop and there was a really cute girl behind the counter handing out the treats and he said as we were leaving "Dank dou, dirl" (thank you, girl) which made me laugh and laugh.

Ethan was so adorable. He kept pulling his hat down over his head really far, so it looked really funny. I had to keep fixing it, but it never lasted long. He really got into trick or treating this year. Last year, I remember him having a hard time and lots of tantrums, but this year he was just cute and sweet and always remembered to say "thank you" after he got his treats.

Mason was Captain Jack Sparrow (thanks to Saesha for lending me the costume). He loved being Captain Jack and actually told a few superheroes that we saw that night that "he could beat them, because he was "Captain Jack". He's such a nut.

Here we are at our Ward Halloween party the night before (on the 30th). Dan and the kids had a blast. I had fun too, but I missed everything that happened outside of the primary room. We did a Carnival Style Halloween party with games and a spook alley, etc. But, the Primary Presidency had to be in charge of our two games (bean bag toss, and ring toss) so I missed everything else. Dan said the Spook Alley was great though.

Also on the 30th was Ethan's Preschool Program. He was so cute. He'd been telling me for at least a month that he was going to "scare all of the Mom's" during their program. I was worried that he wouldn't go up to the front. He gets really bad stage fright. But, he went up and after the first song, he actually started singing along and looking like he was having fun. We were really proud of him.