Halloween 2009

Since I am not the biggest fan of Halloween it was decided that we wouldn't do a whole bunch of trick or treating and instead would let the kids get their fill at the trunk or treat. Now, typically when we do bi-ward activities only the younger couples with kids show up and even then there aren't a whole lot of people. Tonight however the gym was PACKED, which of course made the kids more hyper than normal (when sugar is involved).

I thought that we wouldn't get a ton of candy at the trunk or treat portion of the activity...I was wrong. The kids made out GOOD!

Phillip woke up this morning THRILLED that it was Halloween and couldn't WAIT for the trunk or treat. And the only reason KatieJo and Samuel did any chores today was because they were told if they didn't do them we wouldn't go. WOW they move with that kind of incentive!

Now for the pictures:This is one of 2 pictures we have of Maija in her costume. She had a cute tail and everything, but wouldn't let us put it back on. So, she wore her "Little Devil" shirt. It was cute, but not as cute as the costume!

KatieJo (the unicorn) and Samuel (Peter Pan). KatieJo's costume was too small. It was too small when we got it at a garage sale....but she HAD to HAVE it! Phillip (the Crab)...He LOVES this hat! Originally he had a completely red outfit...unfortunately we couldn't find the red pants tonight so we put his "Little Devil" shirt on under his "surf" shirt and made him a "Cool Crab". He didn't care, he was just so darn excited for the candy!My four cRaZy kids! I love Samuel's pose in this picture. He looks so...gallant!

Their HAUL!
As we were looking at all of the candy and the older kids were picking out their piece of candy for the night (yes you read that correct...they only got 1 piece. For my defense however I'll state the fact that they did have cookies and dessert at the Halloween party tonight) Maija decided she needed a sucker. She is VERY good at letting us know what she wants, and she wanted that sucker! You may not be able to competely see it in this picture, but tonight is the first time I put her hair in a little ponytail. Not all of her hair fits, but she has long hair on the sides of her head so I pulled it back and then stuck a korker bow in it. I'm a little bit excited about that....it's one of the reasons I LOVE having girls!

After the kids were in bed I was looking for a piece of candy and Phillip walked out of his room and says: "What are you doing Mommy? Eating my candy?" I had to laugh. He wasn't upset as I would have thought...it was just so matter of fact. Truthfully it wasn't just his candy as after they look at their candy we combine all of it.

Here's to another Halloween...now we'll move on to CHRISTMAS!!!! Of course we couldn't bypass Thanksgiving...but YAY Christmas!