More Halloween

Ok, I guess the pictures of the guys are on my camera, and the card reader is MIA. These are pics that my friend took at our ward party. The kids had a BLAST with Halloween in general! My friend and I helped eachother get ready for our ward party during the day. She did my hair, and I told Jayden that this was my "princess hair". He replied with "No, not princess hair. You're just a mom." Ouch. However, when we got home and I put my dress on, his face lit up and he exclaimed, "YOU CINERELLA!!!!!" I was not "Mommy" for the rest of the night. AWESOME! The party was difficult because Dan had to run the Priesthood booth, and I had tiny kids running away from me the whole night. Pretty much our whole neighborhood showed up, and the kids had plenty of places to hide from me! We were all pooped when we got home!

Trick or Treating was awesome! We went to Grandma and Grandpa Richardson's neighborhood...a guy in their ward works for Nestle, and he hands out BEAST bars :D. Poor Jay had a hard time in the beginning...he was so excited to get candy that his little legs couldn't keep up with how fast he wanted to go. The older kids were so good with Jayden. They slowed down and made sure that he didn't have to run to keep up with them. There was one point where we were near a large group of teenage boys dressed as pirates. They each had a musical instrument, and they would sing and play for the houses. I thought it was fun, but Jay was a little freaked out. He got close to me, grabbed my skirt, and said: "I hold your skirt so the pirates won't take me away, okay, Cinerella?" He did so well with the candy, too. Last year, he did not understand that he couldn't eat each piece as we walked to the next house. This year, he was excited about hoarding his candy to eat it later. I was afraid that we would have problems with Karah in that area, but she surprised me. (Like usual...) She would prance up to the house with her hand outstretched, inspect the candy, then put it in her bucket. She was the only girl in our group, and played that up big time. She would smile, twirl, and play every cute trick in the book to get that candy!! Oh, and she kept her tiara on for the entire time she Trick or Treated!! They were both very good with "thank yous" and Karah walked a lot of the time. After about an hour and a half, she was done. She just wanted to sit and watch a movie in Grandma's lap. Jay and Daddy went back out with the boys and almost doubled our loot. Karah was ready to go home, but Jay wanted to go Trick or Treating some more. That is where we had the meltdown...the kid would have stayed out until his feet fell off. Needless to say, both kids were asleep when their heads hit the pillow. We have had fun with our candy, as it is now a reward for good behavior!! :D Thank you, Grandma Kathi for making Karah's ADORABLE costume!! We got so many compliments on our "Royal Family"!