Happy Halloween!

 The morning of Halloween... Izzy woke up so excited saying "Happy Halloween!".  The anticipation for trick-or-treating is overwhelming.  This year the kid's school decided to not allow costumes citing the main reason is for inclusion of everyone who doesn't celebrate this holiday.  But that didn't stop us nor many others from finding a way to show our Halloween spirit!

 We started talking about our costumes in September.  This year Victoria wanted to be a unicorn.  I thought it only fitting that we acquiesced to this request as we dressed up in superheroes/villains last year when Micah wanted to be Batman.  The challenge was finding a theme that incorporated a unicorn.  In the recesses of my mind the 1986 movie Legend popped up.  We therefore rented it so everyone knew the story.  Then it was up to each of us to decide which character they wanted to be.

 Though there were a few challenges in finishing details that didn't go right, we pulled off a pretty good version of Legend.  John was the Lord of Darkness (one of my favorite Tim Curry characters), I was Oona (fairy), Izzy was Black Lily and Micah was Jack.  I learned how to scale maille to create his armor.  This is definitely a keep sake article.

 Micah and our neighbor, Fox.  These two love hanging out together whenever they have a chance.

 Not sure who this guy is but appreciated the time taken to create this costume.

 A+ for creativity

 While trick-or-treating we ran into Micah & Victoria's old LCSH classmates, Jace.

 Trick-or-treating is always fun on Brook Street.  The street is blocked to prevent cars from driving which is great for safety.  But the houses really get into the Halloween spirit.  This then leads to exciting costumes.  This is certainly a people watching opportunity.

Orange & Black Party

 Though we weren't planning on throwing a Halloween party this year, the kids talked us into having a "small gathering".  Rather than having a costume party (we couldn't have had one as only 1 costume was finished by then), we decided to celebrate in the colors of the holiday.  Regardless of no costumes, the Halloween spirit was presents on many levels.

 Izzy helped me create this gruesome cake.  She is my fondant roller and did one heck of a job in keeping uniformity.  This is the 2nd time we have made this cake together.  She wants to enter a decorated cake for the fair next year.  This may be it!

 John's creative take on healthy food options.

 Bubbly poison drink choice are always a hit for young and old.  We enjoyed seeing distinct bubbling patterns for the different ingredients.

Several activities were available for guests.  One was decorating miniature pumpkins.

This was one of my favorites.  We only saw this after all the guests had left.

 Halloween inspired bingo.  I think the younger guests ate more candy corn than using them as markers.

 The hit of the night was a twist on the proverbial bobbing for apples.  Guests were asked to eat hanging donuts without the use of their hands.   Various heats were held basked on age to keep things as fair as possible.

 There was even an adult heat which did not take much convincing for participants.

 No everyone figured out how to use their shoulder and/or upper arm to stabilize the donut.  Those that did were more often the winner.

 I noticed towards the end of the night that I had not seen Victoria in many of these activities.  Why?  She was doing what she does best... socializing with her girl friends.  All I see in this picture is these girls fast forwarded 10 years!

 Micah was stoked to have two of his favorite friends attend; Gavin & Mark.  We saw a much more engaging Micah compared to years past.

 Our final activity was creating toilet paper mummies.  Guests were asked to pair up and see who could wrap their partner the fastest.

John was saddened that Bonnie and him didn't win this contest.