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Halloween weekend

Halloween weekend started Friday.  Molly and Stockton made an attempt to dress up but I wasn't expecting anything from them so this was better than nothing.

 

Brynn and Ivy, on the other hand, were super excited and couldn't wait for their day.  We had Alice in Wonderland and the cutest little witch I've ever seen.

 

I had preschool that morning so I wasn't able to make it to the parade.  A friend did take this picture of Brynn and Mari Freeman and sent it to me.  Alice and the White Rabbit.  This was planned.  Mari's mom definitely goes all out on costumes.  Brynn is a whole head shorter than Mari.

 

I might have missed the parade but I did get to help with Ivy's class party that afternoon.  We played roll a pumpkin and then I was able to take Brynn and Ivy home instead of putting them on the bus. 

We drove up to Plain City when everyone was home.  Justin was still in DC so it was just the kids and me.  Molly and Stockton had done a costume change and we ended up with...two characters from The Sandlot, Alice in Wonderland, and still the cutest little witch.  Also, I was a black cat-that's as good as it gets from me.

Everyone else had gotten a head start on their pumpkins so my kids were able to jump right in.  They wanted to do them on their own and that was fine with me!

#44 in honor of Hank Aaron
Ivy couldn't decide between painting or carving...so her pumpkin got both!
Mike Wazowski pumpkin

 

My mom had a great game planned.  She had given all the adults a character with a role to play then she paired the kids into groups of two and they had to solve the mystery.  It was basically a live Clue game.  The kids had to walk around to the different rooms where the adults were stationed and make a guess...a person, room, weapon.  They figured out the answer by elimination.  It was really fun!

Stockton and Grant
We headed home after the game where Justin was waiting for us.  His flight had landed earlier that evening...we were so excited to see him and hear all of his cool stories!  That was a long time for him to be gone-luckily it was a busy week and went by quick.
showing the kids all his pictures
Saturday was the 30th but trick-or-treat day.  Molly was having a party in our yard so we spent most of the day cleaning the house and yard to get ready for that.  Ivy learned how to drive the mower so she could sweep some of the leaves.  She was actually pretty good, if we kept the speed at the lowest setting.
 
Molly had her last soccer game that weekend.
I don't know many of these girls.  Coach DJ on the left, Molly third in from him

Then it was time for trick or treating.  Halloween is definitely a friend holiday and we were split up all over the place.

at least I got everyone on the porch for a picture before going in all directions!
Molly had her party in our yard.  I ordered pizza, made sugar cookies and hot chocolate, and bought Halloween candy.  We had a bonfire to keep everyone warm and a projector set up to watch a movie when it got dark enough.  Molly was nervous because she wanted her first high school party to be a success, but she had nothing to worry about.  It was a total success.  There were about 30-35 kids there and they all seemed to have a good time.  The weather was perfect-not too cold.  They watched Wait until Dark and played Mafia on the tramp, amongst other things.  I mostly stayed out of the way but was so happy for Molly to have it go so well.

Stockton went trick-or-treating with Kelton, as he has done the last two years.

Kelton Webb and Stockton

This was Brynn's first year not with the family.  She met some friends and went trick-or-treating with them.  They even found some boys from school and went with them for a little bit.  When they were done, they went back to Ellie's house and sorted and traded their treats.

Brynn, Mari, Ellie Graff, Briley, Austin Wilde, ?, ?, ?
Brynn, Briley, Ellie, Mari
That left Ivy to go with Justin and I.  By the time we got the projector set up, it was about 6:30.  Not super late for trick or treating but the neighborhood in our ward where we always go was nearly empty.  But Ivy had a good time and got lots of candy.  Everyone sorted when they got home.  I usually make them keep their candy in a bin in the kitchen so I can monitor their intake but they convinced me to let them keep it in their rooms.  I just made one rule-the same rule I had growing up: if I found candy wrappers not in the trash, everyone had to give me a piece of candy from their stash.  My mom was so smart when she made that rule!

 

The 31st fell on Sunday and it happened to be our Primary Program.  So glad they got to have one this year.  Brynn and Ivy did great with writing their own parts, memorizing them, and saying them at the pulpit.  We ended the night piled in our bed upstairs cheering on the Braves.  It was game 6 of the World Series and we were hoping for a win but they came up short that night (just to win it all two days later).  Happy Halloween 2021!

Yes, Brynn still fits in her baptism dress...2.5 years later!

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