Earlier
this month, Jacob (Nathan’s favorite cousin) invited all his similarly aged
cousins to have a Halloween sleepover at his house. Nathan was super excited
about it, but when I asked him if he wanted to trick or treat with Jacob or in
our neighborhood, he was torn. This is his last year for trick or treating (in
my family the kids only trick or treat until they turn twelve) and we have a
really fun neighborhood for trick or treating. People sit on their porches or
their lawns to hand out candy. There are homemade doughnuts, hot dogs,
sometimes even pizza to be had. There are as many adults roaming the
neighborhood as there are kids…and not in a creepy way either. It is a really
family friendly location. So Nathan really wanted to be able to trick or treat
around here for his last year but definitely wanted to party with his cousins
as well. So we hatched a plan to have all the cousins trick or treat here and
then go to Jacob’s house for the sleepover. Before long, it evolved into a
Halloween themed dinner/trick or treating event.
We
fed the kiddies worm sandwiches and jello brains before we hit the street. They
were all so hyped up that I was surprised they managed to eat anything, but
they actually did. Then it was on to the main event. Nathan and the older
cousins went on their way and the littler kids stayed with the adults. It was
super fun!
The
over twelve crowd had their own celebration. They did baptisms for the dead and
then had their own party that included dinner, games, a movie and candy, of
course!
Here
are my kiddos in their Halloween attire:
Daniel
as Dr. Who (the 10th doctor)
Nathan
as a stick figure (during the day he had black electrical tape for the lines
and he used glow sticks at night)
Matthew as a BYU football player
Malia
as Rapunzel
