Halloween

Halloween is not my favorite holiday. In fact, I kind of hate it. Does that make me a terrible mom for just admitting that?! It just feels like a whole lot of work so that my kids can acquire copious amounts if candy that they shouldn't be eating anyway. And I am then forced to ration out their hoard of candy for the next six months and listen to "Can I have a piece of my candy?" each and every day of said six months. It's enough to make a mamma crazy! That said, I try to be a good mom each year and focus on the fact that my kids are having fun instead of the dreading the whole costume, dress up, scary, candy overload parts of Halloween. 

Despite my lack of enthusiasm for this holiday, my kids totally got into the whole trick-or-treating thing this year. In fact, they were so into it we had to go FOUR different places! Actually, it was six if you count our ward Halloween party and the elementary school carnival held a few weeks before the actual holiday. No wonder I feel like we have been celebrating all month long! 

Getting ready to go the ward Halloween party with our friends, the Batts. We love Emmitt and Bailey! (Olivia had absolutely no desire to have anything to do with Halloween...my kind of girl!) 😄

Emma and Miss Bailey

Hanna the bumble bee

Jase the ninja

The costume parade around our neighborhood. 

Emma and her cute little friend, Maddie. 

A butterfly, a ninja, a bumble bee and a fairy. Well, sort of...the most we could get out of Olivia was her wearing a pair of wings, which I am pretty sure she had no idea she was actually warring. 

Ready to head out. 

The haul. Three 1 gallon bags full. 

And of course we can't forget the pumpkins!! Again, Olivia had no interest in this part of Halloween either.