Halloweekend

Since last year's Halloween was kind of a flop, I was determined for this year to be better.  First success was letting everyone pick their own costumes.  If you didn't already know Jilly was going to be Aurora, you should probably read this blog more.  Bryan decided to be the Brawny guy.  And, I did control what Mattie wore, but she didn't seem to mind our game of Cat and Mouse.

On Friday night we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat.  They had dinner, a photo booth (see above), costume parade, and pumpkin carving contest.  Bryan won the pumpkin contest with his carnivorous pumpkin (in the spirit of full disclosure there were only 2 pumpkins entered, but I'm sure he would have won no matter how many pumpkins were there :) )

Unlike last year Jilly was all about the trick-or-treating.  Her friend Abby loves princesses just as much as Jilly so they are a match made in heaven.

On Saturday morning Bryan made us Pumpkin Pancakes, and I promise that green syrup tastes much better than it looks.

In the afternoon we went out to Oakley for the annual Martinez family Halloween party.

Close-up of the Brawny man, see the resemblance?

We ate homemade corn dogs, baked beans, salad, string cheese fingers, used band-aids, and mouths.

Jilly was not amused with donuts on a string so she took matters into her own hands (literally.)  Proud to be raising a cheater.

Then we played a game where we had to use chopsticks to put Reeses Pieces in a jar.  I lost with a whopping 2 in my jar.

We also ate lots and lots of candy and donuts.  We had a great weekend and I now feel like Halloween has been adequately celebrated; I have no clue what we'll do on Thursday!