Halloween

This year, we tried something different for our pumpkins. I let the girls paint theirs but Brandon still wanted to carve his. They had to be the easiest pumpkins ever! The one Brandon carved was actually one the kids had used at school to see how much they wieghed and how many seeds were in them. It was already cleaned out for me. Yeah! The only thing I had to do was help him draw a face and he did the rest. Ashlee especially liked the idea of painting because she's allergic to raw pumpkin. Her arms broke out once when she helped clean one out (before we knew she was allergic). She had instant rashes on her arms to the point of cracking and bleeding. It wasn't pretty. She ate some raw pumpkin once too and and she ended up with red polka dots all over her body. Monika just loved the idea of painting. She's my artist.

Ashlee was Batgirl.

Monika was a pirate.

Brandon was Batman.


The elementary school had a Halloween Carnival this year. Seems how Ashlee was at a workshop, it was just Me, Brandon, and Moni. They had teachers decorate their doorways and hand out candy and their were fun boths for the kids. They're favorite was this doughnut eating contest. We also got some fresh made kettle corn. Yummy! The kids thought it was cool to see how they made it in a big pot.

Our ward also had a Halloween party. It was a little too structured for us and it took for ever just to get to the trick or treating. We had dinner, then they did an auction for cubscouts with baked good, then they did a pumpkin carving contest, then a costume contest and then they did the candy. The kids were going crazy by then and alot of people had left. When we got home, our neighborhood was still going strong and we ended up handing out all of our candy including what the kids had just got. We had to make a trip around the block just so they could each have a few pieces.