Halloween started for us a week early this year with our Ward Halloween Party. Avery was a princess again and Camryn was a ladybug (although she didn't keep her costume on long!) I thought it was a good idea that they had coloring sheets and crayons on the tables for the kids during dinner. Then they had activities like face painting, a Halloween craft, and a table full of playdoh. Here's Camryn trying to get in on the playdoh: 
After the activities, they had families each decorate and man a door around the building and the kids did trick-or-treating. One group had a spooky room all set up and it was so crowded I sent Avery in. I thought Merrick was helping her but he came out without her and she had been loading up on the candy for a while! Too bad it was mostly Laffy Taffy. :/ We had a fun time at the party and it was great to see all our friends dressed up. My Chipotle Chocolate Chili I made in the chili cook-off was a hit!
The next day Merrick came down with the flu. Within a few days we all had it. Probably H1N1 although we never got officially diagnosed. It was no fun, and we're still recovering. The biggest bummer was that we didn't get to go trick-or-treating. It was a cold night and Avery actually got a 24 hr case of croup on top of the flu so she just couldn't go out. I still dressed up the sickies in their costumes and we did some mock trick-or-treating with them. Oh and I did take Avery to our duplex neighbor's door and she loaded us up, so that was nice. She actually was a good sport and didn't get too disappointed, although I was let down after having told her three trick-or-treat stories every night for the past month to get her ready!
Yesterday Avery started talking about NEXT Halloween already and what she wanted to be - a cat or a witch. So I decided to get it over with so we can move on. I made her hair into some cat ears and drew whiskers on her face. She was positively delighted. I also made her a witch hat out of construction paper, cardboard, and staples and she rode around on my kitchen broom for a while.
We're all starting to feel better now and I'm secretly glad/sad that we don't have a mountain of candy to eat! Hope your Halloween was fun!
3 delightful comments:
Cute, cute girls in their costumes! I'm glad that you're all finally feeling better now!
Bummer! What a story to tell, though. Avery is adorable as a cat- what a fun mom you are!
Yuck. the swine flu is the worst. Avery was super cute. I am impressed by her artistic skills as well--Jack can read but she is a much better artist (don't tell him I said that!). He's finally getting into drawing stick people with a smile and eyes. Camry is too cute--it made me a little sad to see her in the last halloween costume I saw Avery in!
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