Halloween

We started off the festivities with painting a mini pumpkin with puff paint a week or two before Halloween. Didn't get a chance to grab a big pumpkin for carving but this was enough to satisfy our pumpkin decorating itch! And turned out super cute, if you ask me... Ivy loved how sparkly and fun the paint was.

The next part of our festivities was our ward Fall Harvest party down the road a ways (complete with good ol' outhouse as our bathroom)... They had a horse for petting, hay bail maze, bonfire, zipline, hayrides, chili and hot chocolate for dinner, and finished off the evening with a make-shift trick or treat line for the kids. Since our church building is being remodeled, we didn't really have a decent parking lot to do the traditional trunk or treat but this was just as fun! The most country style Halloween I've ever been a part of, hehe:

 

Ashley and Ryan, some good friends of ours had the best costumes! And Sam thought it was only appropriate that he went as Daniel Boone, haha:

 

The last part of our festivities was on the morning of Halloween. Snapped a few cute shots of my pretty girl in her butterfly costume and then headed out... Our library put on the cutest party for our toddler time group and it was definitely the highlight of our week. Ivy had a blast with all the treats and fun craft they had prepared.. Afterwards she kept saying, "library, so fun!"

 

Listening to Miss Cindy read her fun Halloween books:

 

I actually had to teach the evening of halloween until about 5:30 and by the time all was said and done, we were pretty worn out from the day and decided to forgo trick or treating. Lame, I know but Ivy kept begging to paint and we already had our fair share of treats from the whole week. It worked out for the best for everyone. ;) Ivy isn't quite old enough to know the difference and was very satisfied with her Mickey Mouse picture. We'll see about next year! haha: