Halloween

 We had a busy October with lots of fun parties! It gave the kids chances to dress up in several different costumes, so they didn't have to choose just one.  Ha ha.

Here the kids are at the Stouts' Halloween carnival! There were fun carnival games and delicious food!  My kids had a blast.  Also, we took home our pet goldfish, Henry.

"Mean witch" (a repeat costume from when Maggie was 4),  ballerina, and Harry Potter

Halloween Bingo with aunts and uncles

Grandpa Stout in his "bloody" shirt holding almost-twins:  Abigail on the right and her cousin James who is six days older on the left

Abigail didn't wear this costume for longer than 5 minutes.  I just put her in it to take a picture since all of my other kids all wore it.  

Abigail in her leopard costume.  I couldn't get a smile out of her. 

 Next up was the Curtis family Halloween party.  Alan was in Mexico City on vacation with some buddies, so he unfortunately missed this party.  We carved our pumpkins, at yummy food, and sang Pumpkin Carols.  Maggie dressed up as Anna from Frozen this time, and Evelyn was Belle.

Curtis cousins.  Evelyn was having a meltdown on the front row.

Princesses (and witches, etc.)

The three Belles: Evelyn and her cousins Christina and Lily

My family (minus Alan) 

Jared did a good job carving this spider pumpkin by himself.  I helped find a pattern and showed him how to poke holes around the pattern, but then he did the cutting himself.  

 Here were the final costumes for trick-or-treating.  Maggie was a witch again (no green face this time--too itchy), Jared was Harry Potter, and Evelyn was a hamburger (ballerina and Belle costumes were not warm enough to go trick or treating in.)

Alan was home from his Mexico trip just in time for Halloween, but he came home feeling a bit sick (one too many street tacos, I guess!!), so we broke with tradition this year.  I took the kids out trick-or-treating, and Alan stayed home to pass out candy.