Cookin' Up Some Fun!

Our ward "Trunk or Treat" was held tonight up at the church building. Zachary really enjoyed the activity last year, so we'd been planning to dress the kids up for a preview of the Halloween fun that's yet to come. Check them out in their sweet costumes!



I was inspired to turn Zachary into a darling little chef for Halloween only about 24 hours prior to this event, after he insisted on wearing his chef's hat on our shopping trip with Grandma. Since he had been non-committal (as far as Halloween costumes go) up to that point, I thought, "Why not?" After driving all around town last night and today to find a child's apron, we finally found one at Hobby Lobby and completed his costume just minutes before the Trunk or Treat started. I thought he turned out so cute, and (even better!) we already had the rest of his costume hanging in his closet. Chef's apron: $2.99 (+ tax). Halloween memories: Priceless.



Ashley, of course, wore the adorable Tigger suit that was lovingly worn and passed down by Zachary. She fit into it nicely, and I'm sure it kept her nice and cozy in somewhat of an autumn chill. She was the soft and cuddly creature that Chris and I got to carry around all night long.

Zachary enjoyed playing a few games that had been set up in the Primary room. There was the Cupcake Walk that he went to right away. After about 3 rounds, Zachary's number was called, so he got to choose from a large assortment of yummy-looking cupcakes. He picked a pretty orange one with a pumpkin candy on top. Later, he went back to play the Ring Toss game, landing metal rings around the stems of pumpkins for spider rings and other creepy little prizes. Last of all, there was the Bean Bag Toss, where the kids threw ghost-shaped bean bags through the cut-out windows of a painted wooden haunted house. Zachary thought it was fun to run around to the back side of the house and throw the bean bags BACK to the kids on the other side.











In the kitchen, we dished up some tasty dinner. Several people submitted entries into this year's chili cook-off, and topped with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo and a cornbread muffin, the one I sampled was a winner in my book. For the less adventurous, hot dogs were also being served.

Following dinner, we all went out to the parking lot for some trunk-or-treating. Chris and I took Zachary and Ashley around to see the decorated trunks and collect treats in their little pumpkin pails. After about the third trunk, Ashley couldn't resist the temptation, and so I unwrapped a lollipop for her just to keep her quiet. She lost all interest after that, but we made the rounds while she dribbled sticky redness down the front of her costume. I'm not sure what lucky treat was Zachary's first choice, but both kids had plenty of candy to eat last night and a warm bath to come home to.