Halloween 2011

We had a fun Halloween this year.  On Sunday the day before Halloween we went to Grandpa and Grandma Heileson's house for dinner and to carve pumpkins.  We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins.  Carter, Collin and Rachael carved pumpkins with us as well.  I decided though that carving pumpkins is a lot of work for me.  I always end up cleaning out everybody's pumpkins.  Kaelen just looked inside his pumpkin and touched it with a spoon but never scooped anything out.  He is still little so that was fine.  Jacob did it a little bit but after cleaning it out for a while got tired and said that it was fine and he was done.  When I looked in to his pumpkin there were seeds inside everywhere still.  I helped Rachel clean out her's at the end and then mine.  I was so glad that we couldn't find Averien's pumpkin at home.   It was fun though.  Enoch carved #11 for the boys. (#11 is Kellen Moore, Boise States Quarterback's number), Rachel did an owl on a tree, Jacob with the help of Grandma Heileson carved a ware-wolf, Kaelen did a fun little face and I did a pumpkin witch.  The pumpkins turned out great.  

 While we carved pumpkins Kaelen played under the table with Averien.  It was so cute.  I love these pictures of them playing together.  In one of the pictures Kaelen is crying because Averien got excited and grabbed Kaelen's face.  She loves to grab and not let go.  

Trick or treating was pretty fun this year.  Kaelen and Averien were little monkeys together.  I bought each of their costumes for $5 at Old Navy a few days before.  I didn't want people calling Averien a little boy so I sewed a pink and brown polka-dot bow on her head.  Jacob wanted to be Batman from his costumes he has.  He had a very hard time making up his mind and finally the day before decided on Batman, Rachel and her friend Lauren went as dead brides.  Rachel's costume was awesome.  We found a white dress at DI and made it look dirty.  She had a wig that she teased and then we put on a purple sash around her waist and then made black flowers.   Her friend Lauren did the same.  Lauren's mom did their makeup.  Nobody recognized Rachel when she went to people's houses.  She went on her own trick or treating with Lauren and her friend Mariell.  People would notice Mariell and ask who her friends were and then they were shocked when they heard it was Rachel.  This was Rachel's last year.  Next year I am going to throw her a party with her friends. 

This year Kaelen really figured out what Halloween was all about.  He loved running up to all the houses and yell trick or treat and get candy.  It was pretty cold outside this year.  It wasn't snowing but it was windy and the wind was so cold.  I figured Kaelen would last for a few houses.  He lasted the longest. 

Carter and Collin went trick or treating with the boys.  Averien stayed at home with Enoch this year.  This was the first year I acutally went out with the kids and trick or treated with them.  Enoch was home sick with a bad cold so he stayed home and did homework and handed out candy.  I really enjoyed trick or treating with the kids.  They loved going to all the houses but man towards the end they were tired and cold.  Rachel went with her friends and stayed out the longest.  She went to tons of houses because she could run everywhere.  The kids came home with lots of candy for me to sample and eat.  I love that now Candy bars are the normal thing.  When I was a kid we would freak out if we got mini candy bars now if you don't get one you are ticked off.  I still do love boxes of raisins and nobody gives those.  Come on! why not