Halloween Parade

On Halloween morning the kids had to decide what they wanted to be for Halloween.  Ethan decided to wear a shirt that said "I'm Scarier than my Costume."  But Courtney decided to wear her old dance costume.  I had to put a cabosh on the shorts because they weren't up to dress code but she was okay with that and wore a skirt instead.  At the elementary school they don't get to wear their costumes all day because they don't have the parade until the afternoon.  So after lunch they are all excused to change into their costumes and then the parade begins.

I couldn't help with her party because Ethan gets out early and I needed to be home with him, but she had a great time.

Scout Fireside

The Church had a huge fireside broadcast to celebrate scouting.  Ethan wasn't too thrilled about this because he thought the fireside would be really boring and wasn't happy to have to sit and listen to a bunch of "old scouter dudes" talk about how cool scouting is for hours.  And he had to wear his new uniform shirt which is too big because I don't want to have to buy him a new one every year when he grows bigger.  But he was pleasantly suprised..

Our scouts were meeting at the Stake Center and then driving to the Church on Main Street.  They met up with all the other scouts in the Stake and walked, with firetruck and police escort, back to the Stake Center.  The members of the Wards were asked to meet them at the Stake Center to join the procession and watch the broadcast.  I was running Courtney around to dance and parties so I was a bit late but made it right in time for the broadcast.  I didn't find Ethan but was sure he was with his troop.  It was a really great broadcast that wasn't a lecture but a play.  They had kids repelling from the top of the Conference Center and all kinds of things.  It was really cool and the boys loved it.  I think it was a great intro to firesides, although I didn't tell Ethan that they aren't all like that.

Here is our scouter:

Pizazz Halloween Party

The kids certainly got a lot of usage from Bryan's old football jerseys.  Courtney had this thing where she can't wear the same costume more than once.  So she wore one costume to the neighborhood Halloween Party on Monday and then wore Bryan's jersey to her Pizazz Halloween Party on Tuesday.  We used eyeliner to put the dark marks under her eyes and she tried to look really scary!

Pumpkin Contest

Ethan's orthodontist's office had a pumpkin decorating contest.  The winner got an ipad mini, so Ethan was really interested in winning.  He wanted to do something that was unique.  We found some ideas online but nothing was working out.  So he grabbed some paints and splattered his pumpkin.  It ended up looking really cool!

We ran across town to enter it into the contest and then watched the internet for the winners.  Unfortunately, he didn't win.  But he had a fun time decorating his pumpkin.

Updates

Yes, I know I have gotten a bit behind on the blog but I am going to try and remedy that today.  So watch out!

Jerseys

For Red Ribbon Week the kids had a "sports jersey" day at school. So Bryan got out his old football jerseys and let the kids wear them. They had a blast!! They loved wearing Bryan's jerseys.

Courtney had a Pizazz Halloween party that night so we put black under her eyes and she used that as her costume.

Isn't she scary?!?!

Neighborhood Party

We had our neighborhood Halloween Party on the Monday before Halloween.  The party isn't the same as it used to be. It was really windy so they moved it to the Stake Center. Ethan wasn't thrilled with the party so he dressed up as Indiana Jones and only stayed a little while. But Courtney had a lot of fun playing games and getting her face painting. She wore an old Canbage Patch Kid costume of mine that my mom made when I was in 4th grade. I thought she was very cute!!

I don't have any pictures of Ethan because he wasn't there long.