Halloween madness!

 

     Thought I would post a few pictures of our super-awesome pumpkin carving session.  (Don't notice  the time on the microwave clock captured in the skeleton pumpkin picture - soo late! It was definitely past MY bedtime :)  This has become one of our few annual traditions.  The kids all chose/designed/carved their own pumpkins - with just the younger two girls getting help from elder siblings.  Awesome! Notice Emily on the counter in the background - she takes over the DJ spot and is most likely playing "Baby" by Justin Bieber.  (like 20 times in a row ). Brianna wanted a happy pumpkin (in the picture with 3 pumpkins - on the right)  because her kindergarten class had a vote for their class pumpkin and ended up carving a mean pumpkin - she has twice as many boys in her class as girls - so not surprising!!
      Caitlyn was dancing the night away at the highschool  costume ball - guess boys are more interesting than pumpkins this year.

Pumpkins did not come from the garden this year - our garden infestation of little gopher rodent thingies killed the vines in September - so the pumpkins all died and rotted before Halloween.  The only thing they left alone were the onions. Lol!

Definitely a dig through the box to find a costume year.  Which means that the kids change costumes for every Halloween activity.  Unfortunately, we were in a rush every time to get people ready and off to their activities and dealing with a sick baby that the photographer was pretty lax in her duties.  So this is what we got - pictures in the car just before they left to go downtown for some main street trick-or-treating.

Jess got to dress up herself and her horse as well. (the horse she uses for horseback riding lessons).  We went to see her at 4H and she gave the little kids a ride.  Spanky is looking mighty fine with her pink hair!