Halloween

I am very behind on blogging so I thought I would try to do some catch up today.  We had a fun Halloween this year.  The kids all picked out their own costumes.  I bought Miranda’s on sale earlier in the month but Kaydra and Kanyon put their costumes together from things we had around the house.  I picked up a couple things from the thrift store and I made Kanyon’s vest.  It was fun to see how they turned out.  We had several Halloween events going on so they got to dress up four times!  Making use of those costumes!

Our first Halloween experience was at the Reynold’s Halloween party.  It was fun and gave even the adults a chance to dress up.  Leonard had to work all day and so he met us there.  I didn’t think he had a costume but I was SURPRISED!!  My  husband showed up as Captain Underpants!  Crazy man!  (and yes, I am totally posting a picture!

We had a good time!  Thank you Reynolds!

We didn’t have time to take pictures before the party but we did use black spray paint for Kaydra’s hair that night.  It was a MESS!  Every time she touched her hair her hands were black.  If it touched her face it smeared black on it.  By the end of the night, she had black paint all over everything!  It was even on my walls!  I had to wash her hair twice in my maid sink in the laundry and then she washed it again in the shower - with black paint pouring out each time.  We decided that wouldn’t work for the school party SO…..

We decided to dye her hair black!

I used a temporary hair dye on Friday with Markell’s help to get ready for our next Halloween event…the ward trunk or treat!

Markell and Andre came to stay with us for the weekend.  It was fun to have them here.  Archimedes is SO cute.  He’s a smiley baby, even though he wasn’t feeling very good.  I’m glad they live close enough to come visit for the weekend.   Anyway,  we dyed Kaydra’s hair on Friday night!

Before:

During:

After:

It wasn’t quite dark enough, so we did it again on Saturday morning.  It did get darker but not black. 

Still, many people have commented on her new look!  I think it is finally starting to fade a little bit.

Here are the kids all dressed up for the party.

Miranda as a strawberry, Kanyon as a pirate, Kaydra as a vampire, and Timberlyn as a skeleton

We also managed to carve some pumpkins.  I just realized I never got a picture of the end product.  Oh well, here they are in progress.

On Monday they got to wear their costumes at school and then we went to town to another friend’s party and trick-or-treating.  All-in-all it was a fantastic Halloween!