Happy Halloween!

We made it! We survived Halloween. Okay, I survived Halloween. The festivities started with Miriam's dress-up day at school on Thursday. The kids in her class all looked super cute! She came home with four goodie-bags and a ton of candy! She was a good sharing girl though.
Friday was Lizzie's class party. I got to help with the party and spend almost the whole time with Lizzie's table. We had so much fun carving a pumpkin, doing a craft, decorating cookies, making a book and playing a counting game. I loved playing with the kids that she is with everyday and seeing their different personalities.

I volunteered (again) to be in charge of our ward trunk or treat this year. Mostly for selfish reasons. It's a really easy activity to put together and if I do this one, then I don't feel at all guilty about not doing the Christmas one. It just takes a lot of energy on the day of. Jim was super helpful though, and that made it a lot easier. I also did the trunk or treat part with my kids this time instead of just cleaning up. I have to say it was a ton of fun! I still stayed and cleaned up, but it made the night more enjoyable.
The girls had a fun time. Lizzie was very anxious for the cupcake walk. As soon as she was done with dinner, she disappeared. I found her helping to setup the cupcake walk! (Probably also for selfish reasons!) The girls played the games and even did the spook alley with their Daddy. Jim and I traded off carrying Rachel. I don't think she was feeling very good (she woke up this morning with a fever), but she still looked super cute as a candy corn/pumpkin.
By the time I got home, I was exhausted from running around for four hours. But the girls were all in bed and I enjoyed the rest of the evening "counting" candy and vegging in front of the TV with Jim.