It's the day that candy goes on sale at Walmart at midnight... Haha!
Ok, ok. What we've really been looking forward to is trick or treating! Unfortunately this year, it has been the coldest Halloween in Utah so far (like 20 degrees freezing). I used to think Halloween got a little bit chilly in California growing up, but after living in Utah for a while, I wish I was in California trick or treating again just so we could be warm again!
I think if it continues to be this cold each year, I'm going to have to make my kids dress up as yeti's from now on... or Chewbaka since Star Wars is "in" again. We'll just be Chewy's family. Lol.
This week started off with a lot of last minute costume fixes since I decided on Monday to add some leftover sparkly tulle to the princess sleeves I put on Brooke's dress. I also had to run to the store for a new tiara since Brooke accidentally broke hers...
With how busy we were, I didn't get around to making the costume I wanted to put Aaron in, but luckily, I found an old tiger costume we had from when David was little. Someone at our church's chili cook off and carnival mentioned that it was perfect for him to be Tigger since he likes to bounce a lot whenever I'm sitting and let him stand on my lap. So, in the end it was a good fit for our cute little bouncing boy! :)
As a side note, Aaron got his first baby tooth this week! So far all of our kids have gotten their first teeth some time after 9 months so we were wondering when it would be showing up! He also loves to eat! If he sees anyone eating anything, he will start to whine for some. He's such a fun little guy!
Back to the chili cook off... we decided to bring chili again this year because we knew that not very many people brought chili last year and they ran out. Although I made chili on my own the last two years, this year John did most of the work and it turned out to be the best chili we've made so far. (I'm just not very good at making chili but I guess John is. Haha!) In the end, only 3 other people brought chili... So definitely not enough again... Either way, we ended up winning! I joked with John that we only won because hardly anyone else brought chili. That might be partly true, but we were still happy with how our chili had turned out this year, so it's all good.
For trick or treating, Aaron was a tiger (as I mentioned), Brooke dressed up as a pink princess and David dressed up as a sheriff. We went around a shopping center near us that does trick or treating every year and also went to a nursing home in our area. The nursing home was all indoors and was actually pretty hot inside which was a nice change to how cold it was outside!
Later in the evening, John went to class (he only has a month and a half left!) and the kids and I got ready to head out. Some of our neighbors came by before we left and their kids, who are friends with David, asked if he could go with them. After David left, Aaron, Brooke, and I went around our neighborhood. We zigzagged down our street and just got to the end when Brooke decided it was too cold and wanted to go home which was fine with me! I was glad that David went with his friends because he would have been bummed out if he went super slow with us. We ended up getting back home the same time David did, but he went to at least 3 times as many houses as we did.
By the end of the night, David and Brooke each ended up with a gallon sized ziplock bag full of candy... so yeah, it was a pretty good year. And fingers crossed it won't be as freezing next time!
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