The Harvest Festival was headed up by the Young Men, so it was sort of chaotic. Chili, cornbread, etc. were inside; games and trunk or treating were outside in the parking lot. You could do whatever you wanted whenever you wanted. Some people ate first. Some people went out for games first. There was a huge turnout, so I realized afterward that the lack of order was good - we couldn't have accommodated everyone eating or playing games at the same time.
We ended up borrowing an elephant costume from friends in the ward. Dolly wore it at least half the evening. Jim and Ever did a little trunk or treating, and she was excited about the candy.
On Halloween, Susan Oddou invited us up for a kiddie craft in the afternoon. (She and Paul are living with Jane and Gary up the street for a few months.) We didn't get there until late and ended up staying for dinner and going trick or treating from there. I had Jim bring Ever's costume up but forgot to have him bring pink or gray pants to go with it. Here's the gang before trick or treating:
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| Left to right: Christian Karner, Kara Karner (the tigress), Ever, Alina Karner, and Luc Oddou |
Derrick (in a spider hat Kara made in school) holding Christian and Ever:
Dolly has no grasp of the costume thing, but she definitely understands getting candy. We let her eat a few on the road. So far she hasn't met a candy she doesn't like.
She enjoyed a brief ride on the tree swing we passed:
Surprisingly, Ever didn't ask about her candy again after Halloween night. So we took care of the rest of it for her.
3 comments:
I'm so proud of you for taking her. That costume is so great. And are her feet giant? They appear so on the swings.
She is adorable as an elephant.
Good fun!
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