Halloween Fun

The whole family had a lot of fun on Halloween this year, and it began with creating the jack-o-lantern. The girls were particularly excited about creating the pumpkin's design, and were ready to start long before we were. Alicia even wore her costume for the task. Don't the girls look anxious to get started?
The final design was a combination of everyone's ideas, which we pulled from a rather large selection of sketches from the kids. While the pumpkin wasn't as frightening as Evan wanted it to be, it was scary enough to please him, while still being sufficiently cute enough to satisfy the girls.
That evening we headed into our town to participate in the community Halloween party. The kids loved the donuts hanging from strings that were intended to be eaten hands free, although a bit of cheating definitely happened! The crafts were fun, the cider was warm and we all had a great time.
I was totally thrilled when Alicia picked this pretty witch costume this year, as it's a favourite of mine and I've wanted one of the girls to wear it for years now. It was a natural for her, since purple is one of her favourite colours. She grabbed this little broom to make the costume complete, and had an absolute blast wearing it.
With the vampire craze so huge right now, Evan was intent on being Dracula, despite that he has such an aversion to face paint that - try as I might - I couldn't even get him to wear a few drops of fake blood dripping from his fangs! After the party, the events continued on the town's main street with trick-or-treating.
Vanessa was a genie this year, and she loved the glitzy pink and teal of her costume. The kids managed to collect enough candy to keep them in treats 'til Christmas! Nan and Ray had dropped by that afternoon with a treat - the Monsters vs. Aliens DVD, which we watched to round out the night.

We're feeling quite settled into our new home now, although our weekends are still filled with juggling furniture and drawers around until we really feel like we've got everything exactly where we want it. It's sure a long process, but we're enjoying it. The scrap room remains mostly boxed, but I (really!) hope to get to it soon.

I hope you all had a fantastic Halloween, too!