Halloween

 Halloween felt like a series of never-ending parties this year. 

It began with the school trunk-or-treat:

Catherine the shadow,

Aaron as Dipper,

Elise as Mabel,

Elijah as a ghost.

Then we had the ward trunk or treat.

Then co-op costume day.

And probably a couple more that I've forgotten. 

But finally it was ACTUAL Halloween!    

Mabel and Aaron the shadow

Elijah and Catherine the ghosts

Gabe and Seth snuggling in Gabe's bed, staring at screens.

They went to a Halloween party instead of trick-or-treating.

One phase of life ends...

Pre-trick-or-treat Halloween dinner with Knoxen and Kraczeks.

We were worried it was going to be raining on us, but instead we had lovely warm weather with just a hint of misting rain. The kids made it through the full loop of houses and came home LOADED with candy. Elise and Elijah's little buckets were full to overflowing:

The mass candy sorting:

Elise's haul of candy:

For Halloween Elijah's preschool got to trick or treat through some of the high school classrooms. We didn't think the ghost was a good idea since it was difficult for him to see, so we opted to resurrect Aaron's old Dobby costume instead:

This will never not be my favorite.

Extra fun was when one of my YW texted me this photo saying, "Isn't this your kid?":

She totally gave him extra candy. 

I did laugh when he came home with a whole bunch of not-safe-for-little-people candy, like suckers with gum in them and super sour/hot candies. But he was still pleased with his haul even after I removed a small pile of it (and gave it to his older siblings). Glad we survived this Halloween!