Halloween Preview

Last night we had our ward trunk-or-treat. It was an "oh, so pleasant" 37 degrees outside with wind from the WNW at 20mph and gusts of 33mph -- perfect for an Iowa trunk-or-treat! Obviously, I'm not a true Iowan because I really wished we had moved inside the building. Unfortunately, we got caught in a last minute miscommunication that the event was moving indoors, so we didn't bring coats for the kids since we were in a hurry. The crowd changed their minds before we got there and decided that it was tradition to do the trunk-or-treat with trunks, so we arrived and were surprised to see everyone outside. You can see below how our kids were dressed. They made very cute popsicles while daddy quickly ran back home to retrieve the coats!

At least Jenna had long sleeves and tights!

Olivia, on the other hand, was dressed for a warm indoor ballroom.

But of course, all had fun because candy makes everyone happy (even through chattering teeth)!

Robby was probably the warmest dressed of the bunch since he had two long sleeved shirts...

and a cloak.

I now have to take a moment to mention the temporary insanity that had overcome me earlier in the day. Two days ago, Robby finally told me what he wanted to be... Frodo Baggins from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. He showed me a picture of Frodo from the movie and expected me to pull a costume out of thin air. I looked at several stores, and couldn't find anything close, and even told him he was going to have to come up with something else. So the afternoon of the trunk-or-treat, I was overcome with temporary insanity, and I found myself standing in the fabric store searching the remnants table for cheap fabric. Once he got home from school, I cut up one of his old shirts to use as a pattern, and quick as I could whipped up a vest, shirt, and crafted a cloak from a throw blanket we already owned and a few safety pins. This was my first time putting in sleeves and I finally succeed after putting the first one in three times (inside out, upside down, and correctly). I am now waiting for Robby to submit my name to the Mother-of-the-Year award committee. At least, he did tell me that I was the best mother he ever had.

Happy Halloween everyone!