Ward Trunk or Treat

Well, this year Halloween was on Sunday, so we weren't going to go trick-or-treating. The kids also wouldn't be able to wear costumes to school. All they would have was the ward Trunk or Treat. Plus, I wanted to keep their costumes simple and reusable this year.

I went to Walmart one day and found skeleton pj's in Declan's size ... perfect ... pj's and costume all in one AND they glow in the dark. Love it!! So did Declan, the first night I let him wear them, he stayed up til 10:30 looking at them glow.

At that point I decided costumes that could double as pj's would be perfect. I went looking at different places, and in the end Walmart had it all. Payden found a shirt that said Scaredy Cat, so she was a scaredy cat for halloween. With a boa tail, boa ears, and make-up whiskers, her costume was complete. Like Declan's her costume glowed in the dark, so she was excited!

Shelby and Taylor's shirts were much harder to find. Apparently, I Love Vampires is what all girls need to wear at their age, but there was no way I was going to even go down that road right now ... they're only 6 and 8. Swooning over Twilight can wait til later. Finally I found these pumpkin shirts. Taylor's glowed in the dark, so she was perfectly fine with that. Shelby's was glittery; I'm sure she would have preferred glow in the dark, but I couldn't find anything else, but she liked glittery, too. With ponytails sticking up on their heads, curled ribbon for vines, and Dad's shirts stuffed up their shirts for plumpness they were set.

They sure did look cute, and it was all easy to do.


They had a blast at the trunk or treat although I think Taylor about died a million times as we had to go do games at the carnival before we could do the trunk or treat. After explaining a million times that we couldn't trunk or treat yet because everyone was inside at the carnival, I was tempted to go take her trunk or treating to the empty cars ... but I didn't.

We did a cake walk, decorated a foam Halloween house, and participated in a costume contest. They had to say their names and what they were ... Payden was too dang cute as she coyly state, "I'm Payden, and I'm a scaredy cat."

With the carnival done, we headed out to trunk or treat. Taylor and Shelby ended up doing a lot on their own as Tom was with Payden and I lagged behind with Declan. It's crazy to see them getting so big.



We came home with TONS of candy. Fortunately, by Sunday we sorted out the good from the bad, so we placed the "bad" candy in a bowl on the front porch and left a note for kids to "Take 1." Hahaha ... I bet no one took 1, but I didn't care. I was just glad that the candy we didn't want was gone. It worked out nicely. We did have a good Halloween, especially as Dad was able to come and be with us. Now to start thinking about the family-themed costumes for next year ... I can't wait!