Thursday, November 11, 2010

Halloween 2010

Halloween was great this year - lots of parties and of course, lots of CANDY!! We let the kids pick out what they wanted to be for Halloween and they did a great job. Natalie wanted to be a cat, no surprise there! And we already had everything for that so it was easy. Nathan still fit in his "Dash" costume from last year and it didn't take much to convince him that he should be Dash again! Even easier!! And thanks to the recent craze with the newest Toy Story movie, Tyler was more than happy to be Buzz Lightyear (Nathan's costume from several years ago). So not only was our costume- hunting easy, it was also super cheap!

Our first big shindig was the Trunk-or-Treat for the Kyle Ward. They let us crash their party and it was fun seeing all our old friends. It was a week before Halloween so the perfect kick-off for all the candy eating!
Trick-or-Treat!
Our ward's Trunk-or-Treat was the next week, the night before Halloween, and I must say that it didn't compare to Kyle's when it came to all the fun kid games that Kyle had. But the kids still had a blast going to all the trunks for candy! And the best part was that it started earlier so Dan got to come for the first part (the wonderful chili cook-off!!) before he had to go to work.
Tyler really got the hang of going to each car and saying "Trick-or-treat!" then saying "Thank you" until they said "You're welcome" - it was so cute!
Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year we had a big family dinner and Surprise party for Dan's mom, Carla, at their house. The kids got to go on a scavenger hunt for clues to where the treats were hidden - they loved it!!
Happy Halloween!!!!


2 comments:

Carla said...

The grandkids are so cute and Halloween just brought out all the fun personality of each one. Thank you for the surprise birthday party! It was the best!

The Despain Gang said...

Cute pictures of the kids in their costumes. Great stuff!