Halloween

Monday, November 1, 2010

We had a fantastic Halloween! Our festivities began with a "Boo Gram" from a secret friend. At first I assumed it was someone from our neighborhood, as the gram suggested, but I later found out that it was a wonderful friend from the ward. I happily passed it along to two neighbors. I took the opportunity to get creative and scrapped the gift bags. I think that "Boo Grams" are a fun Halloween activity and hope to "Boo" more of our friends and neighbors next year.

"Boo" Bags

Thursday evening we went to the Riverside Zoo's Spooktacular in Scottsbluff. The Spooktacular is an annual fundraiser for the zoo. Hundreds of jack-o-lanterns were on display along the zoo's pathways. Addie seemed to enjoy watching all the kids in costume.

Spooktacular

Friday evening we took Addie to Torrington's downtown Trick or Treat. It was packed! After about three blocks, Bob and I called it, and we went to dinner. Very soon we will have to fight the crowds, as Addie will be more involved and insistent on getting candy. Addie did look cute in her dinosaur costume, but what made it even cuter was that Addie would growl and roar when asked, "What does a dinosaur say?"! Bob had been coaching her for the last month.

"Roar!"

Also on Friday, Addie got a fun treat in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Weber. Thanks again for the surprise.

Happy Halloween from Grandma & Grandpa Weber

On Saturday, we went to our ward's Chili Dinner and Trunk or Treat. Bob spent the afternoon carving a second pumpkin, because he was extremely disappointed with how his first pumpkin turned out and wanted a better pumpkin for our trunk. The ward party had a great turnout and was a lot of fun. We'll have to step our game up next year and decorate our trunk more, because there were some really neat trunks. Addie got a chance to actually Trunk or Treat and even roared for some people.

Addie Ready for the Ward Chili Dinner

Bob's Pumpkins

(Right: Mummy - Disappointment & Left: Haunted House - Make Up)

Trunk or Treat

On Halloween evening we had about 60 Trick or Treaters come to our door. A lot of the neighborhood kids know Bob from school and came to our door asking for Mr. Weber. Addie got excited each time the doorbell rang and started crawling to the door to see the kids. We had a much different Halloween than compared to last year, when Addie was only about two weeks old. It's hard to believe all the changes we have gone through since then and it's exciting to think of what is all still yet to come.