Happy Halloween!

Can you believe it's already Halloween?! When did time speed up? We had so much fun this Halloween. We had to spread out our activities to fit everything in that we wanted to do. The day before Halloween (Monday, Oct. 30) we had our traditional Jack-o-Lantern pizza dinner and carved pumpkins. I know it may not be the most extravagant dinner, but it's been a tradition...and of course who doesn't love pizza? I still made the kids have some veggies (that I shaped into a candy corn). We washed everything down with our Frankenstein sodas. For dessert, I always make some sort of Halloween themed treat. This year I did pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes with a spider frosting!

After dinner, we (minus Dallin) carved pumpkins. I have to admit this isn't one of my favorite holiday activities because it's so messy, but you can't go through Halloween without a carved pumpkin. We were lucky enough to have Kaia with us for the weekend so she got to join in on the festivities. Jonas was actually really engaged in the carving process. It has been fun to watch him experience Halloween this year!

The next morning was Halloween! We (of course) had to have another themed meal. This morning was Jack-o-lantern smoothies and clementines with banana ghosts and spider eggs (donut holes)!

Jonas also picked out a berry/marshmallow themed cereal too. (Lately, he's been all about marshmallows in his cereal.)

The boys then got dressed up and ready to go save the world! That's right. This year's Southwick theme was Superheroes! Danny was Superman. Jonas was Captain America...and well, Dallin nailed it with Cheer Bear! I just had to laugh. Still, I think the world needs a little more cheer so Cheer Bear to the rescue!

Finally, the evening arrived! This year we volunteered to help out at a charity carnival that took place across the street from the traditional trunk or treat at the church. Jeff offered to do a scone booth. Dallin and Danny helped out while I took Jonas around to all the carnival games. It was a fun addition to our traditional trunk or treating. Jonas played a few of the games, but was more interested in a little old wagon he found on the property. He just wanted to pull it around and occasionally sit in it. The highlight of my night though was when Jonas FINALLY consented to getting on a horse! He has always been a little skittish around large animals. He is fascinated with them, but always keeps his distance. Tonight I kept going up to the horses and talking about how fun it would be to ride them. After about the third time, I just plopped him in the saddle and he did great! Maybe pony rides are in our future after all!

Isn't this the cutest picture?! It was the only time I could get Jonas to put on his mask...and it was off just as quickly!

Once we had exhausted the carnival games, we headed across the street to our church building for the trunk or treat. Jonas finally caught onto the concept of begging for candy this year. It was pretty fun to watch him. He didn't get a huge haul, but he definitely got more than he needed. 

After we got home, we sorted through his candy all while he literally shaked his booty! I'm not kidding. It was at least 20 minutes of him chanting "Shake my booty" and dancing around his room. I guess that's what his sugar crashes look like! It was hilarious! We divided his candy up into a small pile of what he wanted to keep and another pile that he gave to the Switch Witch. The Switch Witch is a nice witch who comes to take the excess candy to kids who didn't get any and exchanges it for a toy. Needless to say, Jonas had a great Halloween....we all did!