You take Obi Wan Kenobi
a tall witch
and a small witch
and you take them to the church a week before Halloween for the Trunk or Treat. There you will find Obi Wan Kenobi working on his Jedi skills,
the tall witch taking a break and eating corn bread,
and the small witch chillin' beside daddy to help pass out candy or to eat all the candy.
At the trunk or treat they will score lots of good candy and their mom is thinking they don't really need to go trick or treating in a week. But of course she gives in.Obi Wan Kenobi, the tall witch, and the small witch all wanted to carve pumpkins (okay, maybe the small witch had no idea that she wanted to carve pumpkins). So for Family Home Evening we did just that.
(It looks like I'm the only one having fun in this picture.)And this is what resulted from that fun carving party...
(These pumpkins barely made it to Halloween before they turned all yucky inside. Next year we better carve them closer to Halloween.)The Jedi and the witches were looking forward to Halloween day but little did they(and their mom) know that a special trick or treater would show up a day early. Around 11:40 on Friday morning there was a knock at the door and it was Grandma Cottrell. She woke up early that morning and drove to our house by herself to surprise us and spend the Halloween weekend with us. We were thrilled!!!!
The mom and dad of the Jedi and witches decided to try the Treat Street put on by Mix 94.1. Little did they know that it was so far away and that the small witch would scream for half of the ride there and for half of the ride home. The screaming and the long ride proved to be worth it for the great amounts of good chocolate candy they were giving out and
for the chance to see Jim from The Office.
Who could ask for more? It was definitely a Halloween to remember.
Treat Street Pros and Cons:
Pros: one designated area, free stuff, great candy, perfect for little kids
Cons: far away, you come home with way too much candy (I guess this is only a con if you have no self discipline like me and end up eating most of the candy.), it was only about 7 or 8 houses (but you could go around as many times as you wanted)
14 comments:
what a cute and fun post Jess!! Love the kids in their costumes, I am very jealous you got to meet Jim!!:) So glad Nonnie made it, what a cool surprise!! I live for stuff like that. I want someone to surprise me like that one day!!
This was so much fun to read. You look cute with Jim and in your carving pumpkins picture. The kids are adorable in their costumes;)
Jim Halpert is even better than all that candy. When the jack-o-lanterns start rotting, they just look more Halloween-ish, so I'm thinking you carved them at the perfect time.
Did Ashley want to be a witch because Kaitlyn was one? Was Kaitlyn okay with that? (I would not have been okay with it if my little sister wanted to dress up as the same thing as me when I was a kid. BUt Kaitlyn's probably nicer to her little sister than I was.)
great post!
loved obi and the witches are the cutest witches i've ever seen.
i'm so jealous about your surprise visitor AND you meeting jim. too much fun for one weekend!
oh, and i just notice you have a new blog header and layout. good job :)
Wendy, I don't think Katelyn is old enough to care yet. :) Ashley hated putting on her costume, but once it was on she was okay with it.
Loved the post, Jess. It was fun to read even though I was there for some of it! (:
It all looks like a super-fun Halloween--cute costumes, cute kids, lots of good chocolate, and a grandma to be part of the fun. Sounds perfect.
Love your Halloween story. The kids look so cute. Next year you need to come Trick-or-treating with us. We walk around the neighborhood to my mom's house and they got really good stuff. And Trevor said it would be more fun going with friends.
Okay the last post (David) was me, Kasey. I forget to sign Dave out before I write comments.
Is nice to see a picture of you it look like you guys had losts of fun.Is always nice to have fun memories.
I get the best of both worlds when I read your blog. It's both entertaining and full of good info. found a really cute purse on the website you shared. If it turns out, I'll share.
how fun to have your mom there. what a fun surprise. your kids look great. looks like it was a very successful night.
Cute costumes!
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