Fun on Halloween!

 We had a really fun Halloween last week (and throughout the whole month of October, really)! I wanted to record our memories here. 

Ashtyn was a Pokemon Trainer. 

Rylee was her Pikachu.

Parker was Spider Gwen (from Into the Spiderverse). 

Halloween morning, the kids wanted to watch Halloween Town. This was a movie that Ben and I made the mistake of trying one week for movie night. It's not a bad movie (as in, there's nothing inappropriate in it) but it is a very weird movie and Ben and I weren't impressed. The girls, though, loved it. Instead of making pumpkin muffins, I decided to make orange pancakes with purple whipped cream for breakfast. 

Then I decided to let the girls try The Nightmare Before Christmas while Ben and I got ready for the day. The girls liked it, but didn't love it. 

During naps, the girls played with their friend Elsee. They shared the last caramel apple and painted this Halloween thing I'd bought at the store in September, then went over to Elsee's until it was time to get costumes on. 

We got the girls' costumes on and then woke Rylee up a little early to do a local trunk or treat type thing they do every year. We stopped at Smith's first to get their little trick or treat thing, then went over to the Rec center for The Mayor's Walk. It's a collection of businesses in Vernal who set up a table and hand out candy in a long line. We weren't sure if they were going to do it this year, with Covid, but they did. Ben stayed home because he had a cold and wanted to be careful in case, and I wore my mask. 

Then we went home and got a little bit of food until their friend Elsee was ready for trick-or-treating. Then we spent almost two hours going up and down just our street. They had a lot of fun and got so much candy, though by the end they were all done and ready to go home. Ashtyn and Parker both fell and scraped their knee, Ashtyn was tired of walking, and Parker's bag had two holes in it. I was done, because I was carrying Rylee from house to house for almost all of it. 

Then we went home and really got food. I had the girls eat lemon chicken and rolls and Ben and I had chili with rolls. Then I took the girls over to Ben's grandma's house. She always has a lot of treats and loves when we come to visit. 

Then we took the girls home and got them in bed around 9:15 (it was daylights savings the next day, so we were putting them down later on purpose). Then Ben and I sorted their candy, giving them all the same amount of each candy and pulling out our favorite. We ended up with way too much candy, but we let the kids eat a lot of it and donated the rest to Lindi for her piano students. 

It was a fun Halloween! 

And here are some pictures from our Halloween activities throughout the month: 

Halloween sugar cookies!

Some Halloween themed science experiments!

Painting pumpkins!

Orange and purple rice krispie treats!

Rylee wanted a "grumpy, grumpy, grumpy" pumpkin, and this is her "grumpy" face.

Ashtyn drew out a bunch of faces before deciding on this one.

Parker wanted the traditional jack-o-lantern face, with one tooth.

Playing with the spiders afterward was their favorite part of making paper spiderwebs.

We had lots of Halloween books to read and Rylee especially loved it!

We made homemade caramel for the apples and they turned out really yummy.

And we did lots and lots and lots of different Halloween crafts throughout the month! 

The girls and I had tons of fun this month and I know we've started a couple fun traditions. It's so fun to be a mom during the holidays!