A Whole Lot of Halloween

Halloween seemed extra long this year. But we did have a lot going on.
We made some new Halloween decorations to spruce the place up! The paper plate candy corn banner was super fun! 

We wanted to hang up this scary face above our arch by the front door but the ladder we own wasn't tall enough so we improvised and put it above the kitchen doorway instead.
Gotta admit I was pretty happy to take it down so that we could quit ducking down under the teeth. 

We decided (with the help of Andrew) that our costumes year would be the characters from the Lego movie. See bellow picture for reference and if you haven't seen the movie you should because it's pretty great. It's one of my more favorite movies that the boys watch. 

The hardest part of it all would be constructing Lord Buisiness's head piece. But cardboard is free and duct tape isn't expensive at all, and that's pretty much all it took for all the costumes! Plus a lot of spray paint. 

The boys costumes were pretty easy. painting them was the fun part. I had made Lucas a lego body as well but he wasn't a fan. So for his Batman costume I just got him a shirt, leggings and I ordered him a batman beanie to wear but he wasn't into that either. We pick our battles these days and so I let him pass on that. My costume (Wyldstyle) was easy also with black hoodie and pants and I painted them as they should be along with a black wig that my boys were not too happy with me wearing. 

Our first Halloween celebration was a new one for us. It was called Haloween Balloon Spooktacular. It was held in Scottsdale and there were hot air balloons set up that the kids could trick or treat from and vendors and food and things like that. It was fun! I'd never seen a hot air balloon before (they are quite warm to be next to). I'm not sure if we will go again next year. It was quite crowded and far. Anyone who knows my kids knows that they cant stand to be in the car for longer then like 10 minutes without freaking out. Their costumes were a HUGE hit. People were making comments left and right about them. Which always makes a girl feel good :)

We did carve pumpkins this year, which we hadn't done for the past few years. We carved one and then we let the boys color one with markers. 

Next was our Ward Halloween party. Always fun. Lucas did not want to wear his hat- again we choose our battles so I styled his hair into "bat ears". 

Me in all my Wyldstyle glory! 

And here we are! All together! 

Someone made a comment at the party that they had high expectations for our costumes after last year, but I thought we did pretty good. 

By the next morning Lucas's hair was still just about perfect. 

The next day was Preston's school Halloween parade/party. The kids all paraded around the field and then after we went back to the classroom for some games. Jaxton came along to the parade and it was so cute to see Preston holding his hand walking him around the field. Such good friends!!

Halloween dinner included mummy dogs! 

Reminds me of Professor Quirrel from Harry Potter...

And then the real Halloween!
By this point the boxes were starting to fall apart and Preston was asking to not wear the box, but he made it through. Most people knew who he was. Others called him Bob the Builder or a Firefighter. 

They did great Trick or Treating. Jaxton didn't say much to anyone, but Preston did great and if he forgot to tell someone thank you he would run all the way back up to the door to tell them. We beat our time from last year by 10 minutes so all that training we did paid off! 

Then when they complained about being tired (jaxton) or that their candy bucket was too heavy (Preston) we went home and handed out candy. Preston took charge of that one and really liked it. 

And that was it. Almost too much Halloween. Especially since the next day was Jaxton's birthday. But as long as they enjoyed it it was worth it.