Halloween is a big deal at the Beeston's. It's almost like Christmas, except really creepy and scary. Mwah haha! The kids love it. They love reading Halloween books during their bedtime routine, watch Halloween movies on weekends, and decorate the house with all sorts of decorations.
So of course we had to get matching jammies.
Shirts for the boys... and a witch hat for the girl.
Kendall wanted to be Disgust for Halloween, but the costume was sold out everywhere. I was on waitlists for restocks on multiple websites, but by the time Kendall's gymnastics Halloween party arrived, I still had no costume for her. So, we used the Anna dress she got for her birthday and turned her into Princess Anna of Arendelle. I think she kinda loved it. We even put makeup on, which was so fun!
I tried to convince Logan and Taylor to pick good, cute, not scary costumes, but they were set on these 2. Eventually, I had to bite my tongue and let them be. Taylor is an alien, and Logan is... I don't even know... He called it a shadow, but I think it's like an angel of death or something like that.
The masks were a little too much for such an intensive workout, but Kendall rocked the dress!
William and I went on a date to a haunted house. I think the boys were just a few months old the last time we went to one of these. I remember that night because I was nervous leaving them with a babysitter, even though the Pitchers were great with babies, having a new baby of their own. It ended up going just fine.
Anyway, this haunted house was actually really cool. Not as cool as some of the ones William and I went to in Salt Lake City, but still pretty scary, and long. We were in there for a good hour. It was a good night out. And yes, my eyes are closed in the picture with the wolverine guy. He was smelling my face. A lot of the actors in there also smelled my hair and breathed on my face. Kinda weird and awkward, if you ask me, but whatever.
I was at Target a few days before Halloween and came across this dress. Then I thought, "Why don't I make Kendall her own Disgust costume. A green dress. A purple scarf. Long green eyelashes. And green hair. That's it!" So, this is the result.
Taylor always talked about having a spooky party. I didn't plan this early enough to have a bunch of friends over, but we did have Paul, Leilani, Kai, Luke, and Eli over. All the kids got dressed in their Halloween costumes, and we ate some creepy food and played some fun games.
This is the "invitation" Taylor wrote to a bunch of his school friends. It says, "Come to my party." I'm so proud of him. He sounded it out all by himself. And I am proud of myself for decoding this message. (And these are my Jamberry nail wraps. Pretty cute, huh?)
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| Halloween jello |
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| Witch hats |
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| Halloween puppy chow |
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| Mummy dogs |
Kendall insisted on painting her pumpkin instead of carving it. She also wanted a baby pumpkin instead of a huge one.
The kids weren't allowed to dress up in their costumes for school. But the school did have a Fall Festival on the 30th. It was alright, I guess. They had hot dogs, smoothies, popcorn, a few games, and a trunk-or-treat consisting of less than 10 cars. I took the kids by myself because William had to work late. It was alright, though, because it allowed him to get off early the next day and go trick-or-treating with us.
Halloween night! We didn't get any trick-or-treaters! That's what happens when you live in a gated community with 10 homes, and only a few of them have kids. We did stop by 2 homes, though, before heading over to Paul's neighborhood. Why only 2? Because the 2nd one invited us in, offered us Sangria, and talked to us forever while the kids played with their dogs. By the time we finally left, it was dark outside and Paul had called 3 times. It was a lot of fun going into Paul's neighborhood though. Basically, his whole ward sets up on one street and the kids go from one family to the net, playing games, eating food, and, of course, trick-or-treating.
