Some pictures from Halloween…

Xavier was a Creeper from the popular computer game Minecraft… and Colin was Iron Man… both of the costumes were made from boxes, covered in paper and held all covered in 3 rolls of packing tape…

Xavier - CreeperIron manCreeper attacking Iron Man

 

Khéna was a UN Peace keeper and Wilhelmina was a rainbow fairy one day and a blue fairy the next…

 

Khéna the Soldierlittle rainbow fairyMina

Over the weekend we went to our friend Jody’s house for their annual Halloween party which was great as usual. The kids played in and out and expored he haunted graveyard in the back yard… it is great!

The Haunted GraveyardThe Haunted Graveyard

We were wondering along with many if we would be able to go out on Halloween this year and luckily for us we had warmer then usual (very humid) temperatures with only slight periods of drizzle. We also had two coughing kids and one kid that was feeling under the weather so we made the evening shorter then usual. All was fine though and the kids were getting tired and at the end of their energy by the time we arrived home.

Halloween 2012

Wilhelmina had no hesitation at all going up to the houses all by herself, we didn’t go up to a door with them at all… It was adorable, she would head up to the door and say “Trick or Treat” and then say thank you and then flutter away shouting out “Happy Halloween!” and then come show us what she got. Khéna was on double speed the whole evening… he would be the first one at the door and the first one back and ready for the next. Colin was a bit under the weather and was lagging behind most of the time and was ready to be home by the fifth door we went to. Xavier had some costume issues… even with his head off he couldn’t see the stairs and twice fell down… Luckily the box was also great padding and he would just joke and laugh because he couldn’t get up again…

nearing the end...not shy at all

We got home and dumped all of the candy on the table. Xavier meticulously read all of the ingredients and we all sorted the candy into two piles… a very large “what we can’t eat” and a very reasonable pile of what we can which ended up being mostly only chocolate and chips… we handed out some of the “what we can’t eat” to some late trick or treaters and then closed up for the night and everyone fell asleep quickly and soundly…

Our PumpkinsOur Pumpkins