October Roundup, and Happy Halloween!

Wow, October has been a really busy month! Here are some pictures of various activities that we have done this month, ending with Halloween night! 

Nora and Evie in their costumes

Nora and the "baby ghost"

Little Pumpkin Evie

This is a spider ring that Nora got for a prize at our ward Fall Festival. When she first pulled it out of the bag, she dropped it and ran a few feet away and then did a full body shudder. Later, she got the courage up to put it on her finger. The next morning she asked for it when she woke up, and gave it kisses and fed it some toast. 

Nora making some Halloween decorations

Nora was very proud when we hung them all up

Mike wanted to try out a new sugar cookie recipe he found

Rolling out the dough

Using the pumpkin cookie cutters

The finished cookies

On Wednesday, we did pumpkin carving with Beth and Reece. 

Mike Carving 

Beth did the carving, and Reece was very nice and entertained Nora

Later on, Nora decided that she'd better scoop this stuff back into the pumpkins

Bethany carved Nora's pumpkin for her

Me carving my pumpkin

Evie posing with Beth and Reece's pumpkin

The completed pumpkins, all lit up.

Finally, Halloween night. Nora was my helper with handing out candy (and she sampled quite a few pieces as well).

My cute little kitty! (She is getting really good at sitting up!)

Barnyard Boo

Last week we went to Barnyard Boo, a Halloween event for little kids at Thanksgiving Point. Nora had a blast with the different activities. 

Pumpkin toss

The BOOling Alley

Pony ride

Frosting a pumpkin-shaped cookie

Evie had a fun time, too!

Nora making the craft - a pipe cleaner bracelet 

Showing off her bracelet

Visiting the farm animals

Nora was a little scared of this giant spider, but Evie was happy to get her picture taken with him

Halloween Party!

On Saturday we had our family Halloween party. We decided to do costumes this year, and it was really fun to see everyone dressed up.

Kate was a CSI Person

Evie was a little orange kitty, I was Snow White, Nora was Minnie Mouse and Mike was Woody (from Toy Story)

Mom and Dad had awesome costumes

Our Superheros - Beth as Supergirl, and Reece as the Flash

For appetizers we had bugs with spiderweb dip, and cheese pumpkins

For dinner we had baked potato soup, and salad

(You can see the decorations that Nora made on the cabinets)

Beth made some beautiful centerpieces for the tables

The girls made some glamorous witch hats

Modeling the finished hats

Nora in hers

Then we made some caramel apples for dessert. We dipped them in caramel, then in melted chocolate, then in various toppings - including mini M&Ms, chocolate cookie crumbs, graham cracker crumbs, and cinnamon sugar. They were amazing!

Our final activity was decorating little haunted houses that Beth brought with candy and frosting

Beth did a very nice job

Mike's creation

Kate's beautiful house

Evie thought the candy houses looked good!

It was a super fun night!