Halloween 2013

On Monday we carved some pumpkins. Jake had a deadline this week, so he worked some long hours and missed out on our pumpkin carving. :(

 

Rachel did a pretty good job at carving her own pumpkin this year. Seeing Rachel using a knife, however, made both Annie and Ryan think it was a good idea for them to grab any knife within their reach.

This is how we were able to finish pumpkin carving:

We threw in a Baby Einstein movie and Ryan was glued to the TV for a little while. This is a relatively recent development, that he sits still to watch a show for any length of time. It is lovely because it means I can shower in peace on occasion. Or carve a pumpkin.

I decided to try drilling my pumpkin. You can’t see the face too well, but if we put a candle in there it worked pretty well.

Rachel had just lost a tooth the night before, so she looked like a jack-o-lantern herself with her missing tooth.

At Rachel's school they did a fundraiser for UNICEF on Halloween. If the kids brought in any amount of money they could wear their costumes. I asked Rachel how much she was going to give and she thought a moment, then replied, "I wish I had a hundred dollars!" I thought to myself, "what a generous little girl." She continued, "Then I could give them 10 dollars." Or not. Though thinking about it later I realized $10 and $100 are both very large amounts of money to Rachel, so she was having a generous thought. She probably thought $10 was like half of $100. After she her comment she went to her wallet and looked to see how much she had. She had one dollar bill and several coins. She ended up donating the dollar and two pennies "to the kids who don't have money for clothes." And she got to wear her Ariel costume to school.

We had spiderweb tostadas for dinner on Halloween. I cut up the olives to look like spiders. 

 

Grandma Knight and Aunt Marie and Peyton and McKenzie came out to join in the trick or treating fun. There were glow bracelets for everyone and even some glow glasses. 

 

The girls were all princesses: Belle, Belle, Rapunzel, and Ariel. Ryan was Clark Kent/Superman.

Annie had proclaimed a month or two ago that she was going to be the Grinch. She was very set on that idea and everytime any other idea was suggested she rejected it outright. “I’m going to be the Grinch for Halloween!.” On Halloween every time I suggested that she go get dressed in her green clothes to be the Grinch she said, “No, not yet.” She got her Rapunzel dress from her birthday on and off and on and off over and over, and finally I asked if she was just going to be Rapunzel for Halloween and she said yes. Maybe next year for the Grinch…

We went to about 10 houses in our neighborhood trick or treating before it was time to head down to our ward’s Trunk or Treat. Annie was tickled that she was getting free candy. After the second house I think she told me, “Mom! I have CANDY!” Ryan quickly caught on and would go straight up to the people who opened their door and say “teet!” (treat). Then he’d say “bye-bye” about 8-10 times to each person. He’s a cutie. 

Halloween is not my favorite holiday, but the kids had fun. And it’s over now. :) Hope everyone had a fun Halloween.