Happy Halloween!

So I'm a big fan of Halloween.

Okay, I'm a big fan

of all the holidays.

It's because of my mom.

She made all the holidays

so much fun and 

special that I just ate it

up and love doing

the same things

for my kids now!

So, first thing Kale and 

I did was make 

a few Halloween decorations:

We watched a ton

of Halloween shows

like Curious George Boofest,

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,

Toy Story of Terror,

and a bunch more.

 We went to our ward's

Trunk-Or-Treat.

Ellory was a Ladybug:

I popped out the lenses

in my sunglasses

for my costume

and we had fun with them

afterwards at home:

 

This kid was MADE

to wear those glasses.

 

Cray-Cray ADORBS

 

One time, Ellory was sucking 

her thumb....

 

Every time, these two are

so cute I could die.

 

Two words:

Zebra. Pants.

 

And, of course,

we carved a pumpkin:

 

Kale scooped out the guts

and then I showed him

a bunch of faces

online and he 

picked which one

he wanted me to carve.

 

We also made my mom's

sugar cookies!

I didn't snap any pictures

of that, but

Kale helped me mix

 the ingredients

and cut out the cookie shapes!

Poor Kale got sick 2 day before Halloween

so I had to keep him 

resting so he would get better.

The night before Halloween I put

Ellory in her 

Halloween pajamas:

About two minutes

later she blew out

her diaper and I had

to change her pajamas.

On Halloween day Kale still

had a cough but

his fever was gone

so we let him go Trick-Or-Treating

with his cousins.

And he was so excited to wear 

his awesome costume!

 

And he didn't want to stop

taking pictures,

so we went a little nuts.

These are just a couple

of the many pictures

we took:

 

Kale took the next two:

 

Ellory has hit that phase

where she isn't 

so sure about other

people.

Aunt Janie really wanted 

to hold her so 

we gave it a shot....

 

She just needed a little more

warming up.

She chilled with Janie

for a long time later,

I just had stopped taking 

pictures.

Cousin Trick-Or-Treaters!!!!

 

Just for clarification, we have,

the Blue Ninja,

a Nerd,

the Purple People Eater,

a Baby,

Elsa,

Anna,

Woody,

and the Monopoly Guy.

Clever kids!

Ellory had just woken up

from a nap 

and wanted mama,

so Tyler took Kale 

trick-or-treating

and I stayed at Laura and Clint's house.

And that was our Halloween!

We had a blast 

and let the cousins stay up

way late playing.

Love it when Halloween is

on Friday.

I was so glad to be so

close to family!

On a completely related note,

look how cute my family is:

Brother and Sister

Forever!