Halloween 2010

We had a great Halloween this year!  Friday night after school, we went with Grandma S to a little pumpkin patch near our house to pick out pumpkins to carve on Halloween.  Aurora and Alex took turns pulling the wagon around and looked for just the right pumpkins to decorate.

On Saturday, we had two Halloween parties...a kids' one in the day for Aurora's little boyfriend KJ's birthday, and then we dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa K's and went to an adult one!  At the kids' one they had lots of yummy treats and a cool Frankenstein cake and they played Halloween games!  

This year Alex decided to dress up as.....Buzz Lightyear!  Yeah, no surprise...Buzz Lightyear for the second year in a row.

Aurora, being slightly obsessed with the new Alice in Wonderland movie, found a Mad Hatter costume that she liked.  Since it was the first somewhat girly costume she has ever picked out, I jumped at the chance to buy it!  I think she looked so cool!!!!

Sunday afternoon we went to Grandma S' and decorated pumpkins!  After scooping out the 'pumpkin guts,' I carved one with a bat and the kids used Mr. Potato-head-like pieces on theirs.

Aurora's

Alex's

I think the hardest part of Halloween is waiting for it to get dark!  Finally, the time arrived and we headed out to Trick or Treat.  Daddy and I wore the costumes we had worn to the adult party - his jester costume from last year and I went as a Renaissance queen.  

The kids made it down several streets.  Aurora was reluctant to go into the spooky houses, but Alex was letting nothing stop him from getting his candy!  He marched right up there!  At one house, he was rewarded by a very scarily dressed guy who loaded him up!  Unfortunately, at one of the other houses, they weren't so considerate of young children and chased Aurora down the driveway, leaving her in tears.  But she quickly got over it and still had a good night.

And look at all the loot they ended up with!