Halloween!!!

It is definately one of my favorite times of the year! I love getting dressed up, I love getting costumes for my kids, I love making Halloween bake goods and I love going to costume parties! We sure went all out this year and had a blast doing it!

The kids and I started our baking a couple weeks early so we would be all practiced up for the big week. We baked some sugar cookies and with the help of Patrick we made some Halloween designs on top. We ate a few and then sent the rest into work with Patrick so we wouldn't ruin our Halloween appetite all at once.

We didn't stop at cookies. We made chocolate witch fingers on pretzles for the kids to take into their classrooms. We baked and decorated a couple of cakes for some special occasions that were both happening on Halloween weekend. Lucky for me my good friend made me an apron for my birthday. It came just in time!

One of my favorite parts of being a parent is getting to share in the activities of my children. I love going to their sporting activities, church activities and school activities including their parties. Of course Halloween is one of my favorites. So on Friday morning I went to Dillon's party at his school and then in the afternoon we went to Leah's school for her party. Leah's whole school participated in a choreographed dance to Micheal Jackson's 'Thriller'. She was fantastic! Everyone was all dressed up and looked so cool. What fun it is to celebrate with your children!

After the school parties were over we rushed home to get ready for 'An Evening of Murder' at the Fisher house. I had always wanted to host a murder mystery party so I figured this was going to be the year. I invited a few couples over including Mark and Marie and we spent the evening trying to figure out who killed Victoria Lester. We had a ton of fun. I have to say Marie stole the show, I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard. Thanks Marie, you were a great addition to our cast! (So were you Mark!)

On Saturday the three wards that meet in our building combined together to have a trunk or treat. This is the first trunk or treat that I have ever been to and it was a HUGE success. There were a ton of people. We even ran into Mark and Marie. Their costumes were fantastic! We had a wonderful time together. I brought one of my best friends from the gym and her daughter with me. They seemed to think it was a pretty cool idea. Dillon was having a bit of a hard time coming to terms with the idea of trick or treating from car to car but once he learned that he was still getting candy he didn't seem to care where he was getting it from just as long as he was getting it. Gotta love him!

 

I sure love Halloween but I have to admit between all the baking, cleaning, costuming and planning I am exhausted. That might be partially due to the sugar coma that I am currently in but that is beside the point! Like I said earlier, I sure do love Halloween but I am glad it is over for this year. Next year will be just as much fun...if not more!!