We had lots of fun this Halloween. I love to see the kids dress up in their costumes. Alli wanted to be Dora again for the second year, but after seeing all the choices of costumes at the store she decided on a beautiful Snow Princess outfit. Nelson wanted to be a soldier which thought was very cool. (I think he was just hoping to get to carry a gun, haha.) 
Our Halloween spread over a few days with activities at church and at home. On the Saturday before Halloween, we participated in the annual "Trunk or Treat" up at church where everyone pulls their cars in backwards and decorates their trunks. The kids then go from trunk to trunk receiving candy. They made quite a haul that night . . . but there was more, much more, to come. On the day before Halloween, we went shopping to gather decorations for our front porch. We had never done this before and waited a little too long to get some things we wanted (like a real black light,) but we made it work. On the day of we started decorating when Nelson got home. I carved the large pumpkin (a hollow foam one from Michael's) and Nelson and Greg hooked up the speakers on the porch for the spooky noises CD. Greg also made smoke come out of the large pumpkin - it was very cool. 
Our Halloween spread over a few days with activities at church and at home. On the Saturday before Halloween, we participated in the annual "Trunk or Treat" up at church where everyone pulls their cars in backwards and decorates their trunks. The kids then go from trunk to trunk receiving candy. They made quite a haul that night . . . but there was more, much more, to come. On the day before Halloween, we went shopping to gather decorations for our front porch. We had never done this before and waited a little too long to get some things we wanted (like a real black light,) but we made it work. On the day of we started decorating when Nelson got home. I carved the large pumpkin (a hollow foam one from Michael's) and Nelson and Greg hooked up the speakers on the porch for the spooky noises CD. Greg also made smoke come out of the large pumpkin - it was very cool. 
Then we hung the spider webs - spiders make it look so easy. At sun down Greg took the kids around the block while I manned the house. Nelson ran from door to door (hitting some a couple of times he later admitted) and Alli did her best to keep up. They both had huge blisters when they got home. The amount of candy they received is staggering. We will be eating it well into next summer (well, probably not the chocolate. :) ) Enjoy the pictures.
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I love the way Nelson stood at attention for his picture! And Alli makes a beautiful snow princess! Good work on the front porch...very spooky!
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