Halloween Fun (With Steph and Larry)

We have done lots of things around our house to celebrate the impending holiday. (Please excuse the ridiculously long post/recap.) The girls have gotten lots of mileage out of their Minnie Mouse costumes. (This may be the way of justifying their cost.)

Cuteness

Naturally, I made halloween bows for the girls and dress them up in their halloween shirts very regularly during the entire month of October. I think they look adorable. And, we also enjoyed spider-web cupcakes.

Witches Brew

Steph's adorable and crafty mom invited me to her Witches Brew. We each had to design and make our own witches hat. Mine was covered in hand crocheted flowers and spider web. It was a great time with yummy food, fun activities, great company and adorable decorations. Going to Steph's Mom's house during a holiday is always a great time! You can see much better pictures and description of the evening HERE and HERE. This was so much fun that it inspires me to want to do a similar party for all you local gals next year...alas, this one was so great that I'm a tad intimidated.

Barnyard Boo

Steph and I took the kids to Thanksgiving Point's Barnyard Boo. The kids adored riding on the ponies, making crafts, playing games, seeing the animals and just walking around together. Aren't they just so cute?!

Some more of the favorites were the spider rings and face painting.

Garden After Dark

We all went to Red Butte Garden's Garden After Dark Halloween celebration. It was based on a Storybook theme and the activities were really geared towards a younger audience. It was so fun to go to a Halloween event where the kids could do everything without fear.

There were lots of crafts and activities: a monster who needs a haircut from Where the Wild Things are, a Curious George puppet, Shrek Karaoke, Alice in Wonderland Maze, and lots more. Steph gave a much better description of the event HERE.

Boo at the Zoo

Boo at the Zoo was ridiculously crowded (we should have gone at 9 am like we planned, but work hit for both Larry and I) but still a lot of fun. I think the Zoo should make this a multi-day event! The kids loved wearing their costumes, trick or treating, playing the drum and seeing the animals.

Ballet

Laura got to dress up for Halloween at this week's ballet class. I taught a fun class with the girls where we danced to Halloween music and customized everything around Halloween. The kids seemed to have a great time!