Halloween 2009

This year for Halloween, my kids really had a good time dressing up. Kalea was a ballerina mouse. Dalek was a Jedi Knight. Kiani was Pippi Longstocking. They dressed up three days in a row. School was out on Friday so they did their parade and Halloween parties on Thursday. We died Kiani's hair red with a temporary dye on Wednesday night. I didn't have a memory card when I got to school to take pictures of the parade. That is a very common thing for me, either that or the battery is dead. Friday they dressed up again and we went trick or treating at Dallin's work. We were the last set of kids through that day so they dumped all of their candy in my kids buckets. They had so much candy that they could barely carry them to the car.Don't know why we only have pictures of Kalea from Dallin's office. Weird.
Saturday was Halloween and we carved pumpkins and then went trick or treating. Their favorite spot to go is the Harry Potter house. It is such a great place. They decorate their back yard like Hogwarts and the rest of the magical world. Kiani was sorted into Gryffendor, Dalek and Kalea were Slytherin. They weren't too happy about that. Dalek was saying that he didn't want to be in Slytherin and Professor Snape overheard and reprimanded him, jokingly of course. They have butterbeer, hot chocolate, and donuts. They have a joke shop and a candy shop. They also have a fortune teller. We hope they keep doing this for many years to come. They also love going to our neighbors, the Bells and the Monsens. At the Bells, they always dress up as witches and do something special. This year they recruited a few of our other neighbors to dress up as witches and we wandered through their backyard participating in different activities like getting our fortune red and answering questions about different famous spiders, etc. At the Monsens house they have donuts, hot chocolate, and a scary Halloween movie on in their garage. Halloween is a very fun holiday for us. Dallin and I usually try to dress up. He dressed up but I was a slacker this year and went as a soccer mom. Hahaha. Kiani spent the first hour trick or treating with her friends Cami and Kylie Christensen. Then we met her at the Harry Potter house to finish our trick or treating. We ended the night at Aunt Kristen's house. She always has yummy food and a movie going on outside. It is a great way to end the evening.