Trunk-or-Treat

  

      The girls were very excited about Halloween this year.  Maura was determined to be a ladybug, and Sydney spent a long time pouring over the Party City circular until she determined that she wanted to be an "Indian Flower Princess."  Over course, her costume did not come with any shoes, and so she talked me into getting her some moccasins in addition to the costume.  In the end, they were both adorable.  Since Halloween fell on Sunday this year, we did our trick-or-treating early.  We met up with our fellow ward members and held a trunk-or-treat a few nights before.  The girls were so excited to go.

      Once the candy exchange was over outside, we headed inside to get warm and play some games.  Maura was not sure what to think about eating a donut hanging from a string.  She found out that it is much harder than she thought it would be though!  The donut just kept swinging around and even though she was not supposed to use her hands, she just could not help herself!  She had a much easier time at the cake walk and the thing that she enjoyed the most was having her face painted.  At first she had a ladybug painted on one cheek, but later, she went back and had a pumpkin painted on the other cheek.  She just loved knowing that those pretty pictures were on her face.  Maura also liked the fact that her two friends who live down the street came to the party.  She and I invited their family to come and we really enjoyed Heather and Carissa's company.  We have been blessed to have good neighbors and it was fun to introduce them to the idea of a trunk-or-treat.  All in all, we had a very fun-filled evening.