All Hallows’ Eve Part II – Seaside 1st Ward Trunk or Treat

a froggy baby and a turtle baby

The ward trunk or treat was a blast! There was a cake walk (Vince didn’t exactly get the whole concept of that. He just wanted the cupcake. NOW), a bunch of different games/stations, homemade rootbeer, face painting, a haunted house, and of course trunk or treating.

me getting my face painted – a spider – to show Vince that it was okay to get your face painted… he wasn’t so sure about that

There were a lot of really great costumes. One family was Dorothy and friends from The Wizard of Oz. Their 2 year old was Dorothy, the mom was Scarecrow, the dad was Tin Man, and the little boy was the Lion. The only thing missing was the dog! But then, I guess that would be a little extreme. Their costumes were GREAT!

people waiting in line for the haunted house – it was actually really good – I was impressed

I was purple grapes, but I took my costume off to go through the haunted house because you had to crawl through part of it. Then I took the balloons off again to hand out candy at the trunk or treat. The balloons were a little… restricting.

my beautiful turtle

Russ was green grapes, of course. Joseline wore the turtle costume my MIL and I made when Vince was her age. Later I though that I should have made a headband out of some of the green hat material. People kept thinking she was a boy. I guess it doesn’t really matter. I mean, after all, she was a turtle.

does Dash really need more sugar? Really?

Vincente was Dash from the Incredibles. We made his costume ourselves. We bought two red underarmor-type shirts and used the sleeves of one for the legs. Then we used some of Russ’ lycra PT undies to make the black “underwear” looking part. And then Russ cut out the Incredibles logo and I sewed it on (by hand 8-o) We made it out of satin so it would be shiney, but half way through sewing it on I was wishing we'd made it out of something a little easier to sew. And then wishing that my sewing machine had a foot… Someday I will have a nice sewing machine. Ha ha.

my sleepy little turtle found a bed in a bunch of grapes

Joseline was worn out barely half way through the day. She napped during the trunk or treating part. Everyone loved her costume. People kept asking if Vincente was Mr. Incredible. Apparently they haven’t seen the movie very often. Dash is little a scrawny and runs around. Mr. Incredible is large and muscular and can lift very heavy objects. Which one sounds more like my child? That’s right. Dash = Vincente.

Vincente “running like Dash”

my halloween babies