Halloween Day/Night

We started out the day right with doughnuts and apple cider. This was lunch -- taco soup with jack-o-lantern cheese up on top. (Thanks to a cookie cutter, knife, and Rachel Ray for the idea.)

Then we did our church's "trunk-or-treat" that afternoon. (People line up their decked out cars in the church parking lot and hand out candy.)


Xander was dressed as a dinosaur, T-Rex to be specific! Lot's of people mistook him for a frog or an alligator -- I don't get it, he's got teeth and a short nose.


Tayla was Minnie Mouse (the pink one from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.) She was very cute and got a lot of attention.


We also went trick-or-treating! We did one street for about 4 blocks. As you can see it was still pretty light out. We're early trick-or-treaters. Those kids were so wound up and so excited. It was incredibly difficult to herd them in the right direction and keep them from running into strangers' houses. They were driving me crazy the first half of the night!


Then they calmed down and got the hang of it. I just LOVE this last picture!

It was a perfect night! Warm weather is VERY unusual in Idaho for Halloween. The kids had a great time and we made great memories this year. Life is good!