Happy Halloween! This year has been pretty scary as it is but it got scarier as people talked about not celebrating Halloween or going Trick-or-Treating because of Covid-19. We were not having any of that. The kids were planning on going Trick-or Treating no matter what! So we planned out our costumes and did all of our favorite Halloween traditions. Our first tradition was the North Logan Pumpkin Walk.
We were so happy when they decided not to cancel the Pumpkin Walk. We headed out there with our friends, the Sunada's. The Pumpkin Walk was a little smaller this year. There were not any photo booths, or witches at the end. That was okay with us though because we still got to see some pretty amazing scenes made completely out of pumpkins. Here are a few of our favorites.
We loved the Mario Brothers, Toy Story 4, and Hocus Pocus scenes. Our favorite though had to be the Cinder-rona. It was full of funny spoofs on the whole Corona Virus thing. The pumpkins had masks on, signs everywhere saying 6 feet apart, as well as gloves and hand sanitizer. We all laughed at this one. There were a lot of other good ones too. We love seeing all of the decorated pumpkins.
Next we carved our own pumpkins. We love going to the local farmers and pumpkin patches to get our pumpkins because they are less expensive and the kids get to pick out their own personal pumpkin.
This is one of the kids' favorite traditions. They love pulling the guts out of the pumpkins. A few days before we carved the pumpkins the temperatures dropped and froze. Because of this, the pumpkin guts were so cold! Our hands were freezing as we tried to clean them out.
Each one of the kids had their own ideas about how they wanted to carve their pumpkins. Charlotte's was a smiley pumpkin, Logan's was eating a smaller pumpkin, Colby's is a mean pumpkin, and Emily's pumpkin's mouth was saying "Boo!"
They turned out so spooky! I really like how they looked with the candles lit and all of the lights turned out. Creepy!
For part of Colby's costume, I made him this awesome beard! How do I look? I am not really a fan of facial hair especially beards but beards do keep your face warm when its cold! I may have to make myself one for the winter.
Finally Halloween came. Because Halloween was on a Saturday this year, we kind of got two days to celebrate. On Friday, the kids got to wear their costumes to school for Halloween parties and the costume parade.
They all looked great in the parade. Emily coordinated with her friends to play Little Red Riding Hood. She was Little Red, her friend, Ayzleigh, was the Big Bad Wolf, and their other friend, Kyler, was the grandma. They had so much fun at school together.
The next day was officially Halloween and we counted down the hours until we could go Trick-or-Treating. Finally it was time to dress up and go. This year the kids picked some fun costumes. Charlotte loves Frozen as much as Emily did at this age so, of course, she decided to be Elsa.
Logan wanted to be a bat this year. He loved running around and flapping his wings like a bat. He even hung upside down like a bat for his picture.
Colby couldn't really decide what he wanted to be but then we saw a picture of a lumberjack and we though it would be perfect for Colby. He looked so tough with his ax, flannel shirt, and beard.
Finally, Emily wanted a costume that would go along with a dog. She decided Little Red Riding Hood would be perfect. That way, Truly could be the Wolf/Grandma. Truly was not so sure about wearing a dress. She kept trying to bite it off. We decided it would be easier to go Trick-or-Treating without the dog so we left her home. I think Truly was happy about that too because we took the dress off of her.
The kids made a killing on candy during the night of Trick-or-Treating. A lot of the houses just left bowls outside their door this year because of Covid. There were also quite a few that did not participate because of it. That was okay with us because we were able to hit more houses in a shorter amount of time. We were also grateful it was not freezing cold outside. We had a lot of fun hitting every house we could. Charlotte was the one that kept us on track. She pointed to every house telling us which ones we had been too and which ones we hadn't. By the end, Colby thought we were going too slow and started running to every house leaving us in the dust. Charlotte noticed all the houses Colby was hitting and wanted to go with him. We had a great time. The kids told me that next year they are going to find bigger treat bags so that they can keep going and get even more candy.
Happy Halloween!
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