Halloween

On Halloween this year, we had a drifting of snow that melted away before the festivities started. I must say that I was Halloween-ed out this year before the official start of trick-or-treating. We had gone to a school Halloween party for Wesley, a work candy getting at Epic, a preschool party for the girls,  a church trunk-or-treat and finally Halloween night. I was done with candy! Actually, I was tired of lugging around the kids costumes because although they were very creative, they were rather clunky.

Kate picked to be a firework right after she watched fireworks on the Fourth of July. It was fun that she remembered what she wanted to be. Kairi is being a choo choo train. (She picked to be a trash can already for next  year. We will see if she remembers and still wants to do that!)

Wesley is a train crossing. Chris came up with his costume design. The top is attached to a black hat, The lights are on an elastic band attached to a board and hung from Wesley's neck. The lights really work just like on the train. Wesley won second place at his school Halloween contest. We didn't even get noticed at our ward contest because the kids had taken their costumes off to eat pie right when the judging was going on. But Michelle and Allen won for creativity as a painter and The Girl with the Pearl Earring.

Intermission! Kairi got super static hair on this slide!

This is not the best picture of Chris's costume, but it was the only one I got because after we left the house, my hands were full of candy buckets, pie and everyone's costumes.He is a rain cloud and some mysterious person broke the costume before we left the church party. He had taken it off when we walked the kids around the car trunks.

Here's the only one we have of my costume. I was a Christmas tree with battery operated lights. I also had gloves that lit up.

All the kids in a row. 

Before it snowed there was this picture. Now there is snow.

Wesley had no school this Friday so we went to the kids museum.

You can't really tell what is going on so I will tell you. Minecraft three times over. Chris and the kids. 

This is really late in posting. It is part of the twins dance recital from last year. This recording came from Grandpa Heit who managed to get it and not accidentally delete all the movies off his camera. Chris did something spiffy with our camera and got our files even after they were deleted, but he still has not posted them on the blog. :) So enjoy. It's from June. Kate and Kairi both got shy and would not do most of the dance. Kairi got brave enough to do this little bit the second time around.