The Brenay Family: Halloween

Friday, December 23, 2011

Halloween

This year for Halloween Emma was a green witch and Derrick was a werewolf. I had fun with their costumes this year. I embellished Emma's hat to make it fancier and Derrick's costume was a crack up with a fake beard and all! Derrick was not allowed to wear his costume to school and Emma was. But I talked her out of it so it didn't get ripped or ruined. We settled on a cute Halloween outfit instead. I spent almost the entire day at the school helping out with the kids class parties. It was fun though. They played games and made crafts. I was in charge of the "face painting" in Derrick's classroom. I was stuck with that when Emma was in kindergarten too. Not my forte, but it's a good thing 5 and 6 year olds aren't too picky! Jon had to leave to go out of town the day before Halloween so I braved taking the kids out trick or treating by myself. It went fine, but Derrick got tired really fast and would sit in the driveway of each house we came to for a quick break! But they got lots of candy and had a great Halloween!

Ready for school

Emma making her bat

Decorating a pumpkin with feathers

Playing Halloween Bingo (she won twice!)

A popcorn monster hand

Crazy spider hats

Derrick chose a spider web for one cheek

And a candy corn for the other

Derrick's class

Ready to go Trick or Treating

Lots of loot!

Our ward had their annual Trunk or Treat Party the Saturday before Halloween. The kids had a great time and Jon and I even dressed up this year. Jon took home the prize for most creative costume with his "Porta Jon". The kids thought it was so funny that he was a bathroom! I threw together a Cleopatra costume last minute thanks to Jeni. I even squeezed into sandals that were too small for the sake of the costume! Grandma and Grandpa Trafzer came to watch the kids and we all had good time.