When Grandma Winters came to visit in September, she brought Graham a pirate costume for Halloween. When Thane saw Graham's costume, he decided he wanted to use the pirate costume we already had in our dress-up bin. "How cute," I thought, "they can be little pirate buddies."
October sped by (as October's are apt to do), and suddenly it was the afternoon of our ward Halloween party. Aubree was excited to be a witch, but Bryce had no clear direction. A cowboy? Superman? "Or," I suggested, "maybe you could use your costume from the Peter Pan play and be a pirate like your brothers?"
Bingo. Now I had three cute little pirates.
About an hour before the party, I remembered Grandma had also brought a bag of adult costumes. Thinking I might join in the festive spirit, I began to look through my options. I was surprised to discover an adult pirate costume. Hurrah!
Aubree, however, was not thrilled. Everyone was a pirate except for her and she felt left out.
Grandma to the rescue again. Would you believe we found another pirate outfit in the costumes she'd left us? Aubree's costume was only a shirt and vest, so we quickly scrounged and put together the missing pieces.
Ta-da! Our first family (albeit unintentionally) themed costumes!
One benefit of having ward Halloween parties earlier in the month, is that everything is done and ready to go once Halloween rolls around.
Halloween morning I took Aubree and her best friend to school early for choir. Aubree asked Bethelle, "What are you going to be again for Halloween?"
"A pirate!" Bethelle responded enthusiastically. "My whole family is dressing up like pirates!"
We laughed and laughed.
Both Bethelle and Aubree came home from school asking if we could all trick-or-treat together. With the coordinating costumes, how could we say no?
They made quite a good-looking pirate crew.
I need to acknowledge that our Halloween luck has been remarkable. Since we've lived in Washington, every Halloween night has been dry and pleasant (and now that I've written this, it will likely snow next year).
We trick-or-treated around our friends' neighborhood for a while, and the kids all loved getting comments about their big, coordinated group. Graham insisted and hanging with the big kids. He refused to be carried or to let anyone hold his hand or carry his candy bag. He's seriously embracing his two-ness.
We trick-or-treated around our friends' neighborhood for a while, and the kids all loved getting comments about their big, coordinated group. Graham insisted and hanging with the big kids. He refused to be carried or to let anyone hold his hand or carry his candy bag. He's seriously embracing his two-ness.
While trick or treating, we kept hearing stories of the amazing haunted house in the neighborhood down the hill from their home. So, we played along and agreed to go check it out.
"Amazing" is putting it mildly. Apparently the family who sets this up just has a great love for the holiday and every year makes their yard bigger and better. My nighttime pictures obviously can't do it justice, but nothing is cheap or fake looking (I believe the family runs a wood-working business, so it's all top-notch).
Did I mention the pirate ship, the paid pirate actors, the pirate coins, the cannons, or the full-size candy bars? Impressive.
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