I spent my time General Conference weekend making Avynlea and Rylees Halloween costumes. They came together pretty fast and easy. Rylee really wanted to be her favorite Princess Jasmine and that one I struggled with trying to come up with a modest Jasmine look. Avynlea as Belle was really easy. I sewed a simple dress in the beautiful yellow color and then added tulle and roses to make the dress look more like Belles. Rylee's pants were easy and fun and then I used a peasant top pattern to make her top. I originally kept the length with the blue and added some elastic in the middle to pull it in but it did not look right to me. Finally I cut it and added some flesh colored knit and it looked a lot better. It had the essence of Jasmine yet still maintaining my girls modesty. Avynlea loved her dress and Rylee acted pretty happy with hers. When I asked if she liked it or would want anything changed Rylee did confess that she was hoping to be able to have her stomach uncovered but didn't ask because she knew what the answer would be. Oh my girl! I need to really keep an eye on this one.
Before the Peterson party I had my kids pose outside for our annual Halloween costume photo. They looked so cute and hit their poses perfectly. I especially loved Kenedy's Sleeping Beauty pose.
Kenedy is of the age where she just does her own thing. I stopped making her costumes when she started complaining about what I was making her. She wanted to go along with the girls theme and decided to be Aurora, her favorite Princess. She borrowed my leggings and I bought her some pink tulle to make a skirt and got her a pink shirt. She borrowed a tiara from a friend and she looked beautiful. Ryker decided he wanted to be Eggs from the movie The Box Trolls. I thought that was brilliant and super easy. Kefford brought home a box from work and an Eggs sign he had printed off. Ryker was super clever and made it so when he hid in the box the top came down to cover his head.
Hallowwen 2015
Avynlea:Princess Belle, Kenedy:Princess Aurora, Rylee:Princess Jasmine and Ryker:Eggs
Sleeping Beauty
Jasmine
Eggs
Belle
When I have nothing else to do I will sometimes take a picture of myself.
Avynlea and Rylee were taking the trash out and Avynlea came running in wanting my phone because the sky was so pretty. She took a couple of decent pictures of the dusky sky and one shot of Rylee on the trampoline.
I volunteered to help bring treats for Avynleas class Harvest Party. I found these cute spider doughnuts on Pinterest and decided those would be fun and easy to make. I think the pretzels I bought to make the legs were a little too small but the spiders still turned out so cute despite the wonky legs. Avynlea was my happy helper and I let her work on these while I did dinner.
I volunteer every week in Rylees classroom and not at all in Avynleas. When they get to be fifth graders the teachers don't seem to have a need for regular volunteer help. So I was happy to go to Avynleas class for the party to drop off the treats and stay and watch. Mr Ceniga took the kids outside after dividing them into teams and had them play the mummy wrap game. I liked seeing all of the spooky mummys standing around the playground.
I have to admit I struggled a bit with being in her classroom. I am not a fan of loud noises and these fifth graders were loud! While they were eating they were playing Bingo and the screams and yells made you think a massacre was going on in the classroom. I was glad when the bell rang to go home.
Friday night, the day before Halloween, the girls came to the studio with me while I taught dance. After the dance classes the studio was putting on a Halloween party and my girls were excited to go. They had face painting, pumpkin painting, they made monsters out of marshmallows and cookies and of course there was dancing and games. While they were at the party Kefford met me at the studio and we went out to eat and to drive around. It was a fun night for all of us! Avynlea had a rose painted on her cheek in honor of her favorite Princess and Rylee got a crown.
On Halloween Kenedy had volunteered with NHS to help out at Boo at the Zoo. I have never been with the kids and since I had to take her down their I decided to take the other kids with me so we could check it out. Ryker did not want to go but the girls were game and really excited.
We dropped Kenedy off at the volunteer entrance and then we paid and went in to experience the fun.
Overall the experience was fine but not something I will ever want to do again. It was crowded but that did not bother me too bad. Avynlea just wanted to look at the animals which was great and they had some vendor booths who handed out candy and volunteers dressed in animal costumes who handed out candy also. Basically it was not all that different then going on any other day except they had some candy being passed out. Not enough of it though that made me think we should do this every year. Rylee got tired of it pretty quick but we managed to last two hours so that was good.
Avynlea had me take a picture of them in front of the fox so we could send it to Kenedy, the fox is her favorite animal.
The boy Kenedy likes is in NHS and we found him passing out candy with the generic Pooh Bear. I had the girls go get candy and then I took a picture so I could embarrass Kenedy with it.
Trick or Treating that night was fun. Mikell came over with her kids so we could go out together. Ryker went with his friends and Kenedy could not decide what to do so she stayed at home until she decided to put her costume on with the horse head and go with Ryker. When Ryker got tired of it she found us and came with us for a bit. Halfway through trick of treating we got a call from Kefford saying Kelli was awake and crying and so Mikell took James and went back to feed the baby and I kept her girls. It was a lot of fun and I liked going around with the girls. When Mikells girls got tired of it we went home and Kenedy took Rylee and Avynlea out for more fun. It was a good night and my kids now have a ton of candy.
Mikell sent me this cute picture of Ryker playing with James.
