Trunk or Treat

Trash Skeleton!  My kind of decoration!!

For Halloween this year, I was very excited to be in Arkansas.  Like Christmas (and New Years and Valentine's Day) there is something weird about it still feeling and looking like summer for these holidays!  My mom had already made plans to participate in a trunk or treat.  She had to pick a theme and dress up to match the theme, so we decided that we would all dress up to match the theme.  Annalise wanted to be a mermaid and Caleb wanted to be "something scary", so we decided on Under the Sea. 

My mom is a Jellyfish!  I wish I had a night picture - she put colored lights under the umbrella and the effect was really cool.  I am a School of Fish.  My fish were duct taped to my shirt and they fell off everywhere!  I kept finding one on the bottom of my shoe.  I know there were people walking around with fish on their feet!

The shark!  From the side, he looked very dinosaur-ish.  The kids really liked helping glue in all the teeth!

Mermaid!  This was a really easy costume, I used an old skirt, but it would be easy to do with a flat sheet.  I ended up cutting the back out completely and fastening it with velcro. 

Rainbow Fish!  Natalie loved wearing this around the house!  I learned a lot from making Thomas a few years ago.  This costume was much more balanced (Thomas was very front heavy) and lighter.

Everyone's favorite!  The Angler Fish!  Rob got soooo many compliments on his hat :)  Again, the tricky part was the center of balance - but it worked out in the end.

In the dark - creepy!!!

Candy Treasure Box!

Trunk or Treating makes you thirsty!

The next night (neither night was actually Halloween) we went to another church's event and they had cotton candy, snow cones, brownies AND candy!  Talk about a sugar high!  Now that was scary!

There was another hay ride (the first night) in the dark, so the kids have been thoroughly introduced to hay rides.  Both events gave the kids tickets to exchange for candy.  Is this a new thing?