Halloween 2012

For this year's Halloween, I didn't have to spend too much time on our costumes. Alden said he wanted to be Mario again this year. Ellie said she didn't want to be Princess Peach again but just a princess. (She calls herself princess whenever she's wearing a skirt or a dress). Joe had to dress up to fit in a theme that his team at work was putting together.

At OrangeSoda, every year, they hold a big Halloween party, and every team chooses a theme to dress up and decorate their cubicles with. His team decided to have "Occupy Wall Street" as their theme. Joe just didn't shave for a few days and just put on jeans and a hoodie as his costume. Ha ha. He just took a little tent and a sleeping bag as props to set up next to his chair at work.

And as for me, oh well.. I didn't have a costume. I guess I could say I dressed up as a stay home mom. Ha ha.

In the morning, Alden's Sunbeam teacher threw a Halloween party. She had treat bags for the kids and games prepared. There were a couple tossing games (a tennis ball in pumpkin baskets and a bean bag in a box painted as a pumpkin with holes punched through the mouth, nose, and eyes). Alden did a great job with the games. Afterwards, they played with some toys.

After the party, we came home and invited Al's friend, William, to come play with us at the house. Joe came home for lunch to give us the car, and we had chicken alfredo for lunch. Alden went over to William's house after lunch to play, and Ellie went down for a quick nap.

At 3:30, we went over to Joe's work to go trick-or-treating. The whole building was all decorated. There were arrows on the floor guilding us through the building. The kids went around the building, collecting candy. Joe's co-workers were very generous with their candy and the kids collected a whole basket full of candy each. (I forgot my camera!)

The haul from Joe's work

 

 

We came home to sort through the candy, then went back out to go around the neighborhood for more candy. We just went quickly around the cul-de-sac and a few other houses around the ward boundary. When we got home, Yeagi and Jonathan came by, so we had dinner together (fried rice). The kids skipped dinner and got full on candy, chocolate cupcakes, and pumpkin cake. Ha ha.