Halloween 2007

Here's a couple pictures from Halloween this year. Emma went as Uniqua from one of her favorite shows, the "Backyardigans", Tammy made her own Pablo costume (another character from the Backyardigans) at Emma's request, and I went as a young Andre the Giant.

Our ward held their annual "Trunk or Treat" party a few nights before Halloween, so Emma already had a pretty good stash before she even hit the streets. She's still young enough not to realise that you can go trick or treating for hours, so it was a quick trip up and down our street and then we headed over to a couple of her cousins houses for a visit.

I stayed home and handed out candy while the girls went door to door, and I only had about 10 kids come by during that time. When we left to visit cousins, I left the bowl of candy out on our front porch and it was empty when we got back. I guess we'll never know if we got a whole bunch of kids while we were out, or just one Augustus Gloop.

Tammy and Emma were invited to go to a Halloween party at the VRRI down by the university on Halloween day, but when they got there, they found out it had been cancelled because of a lack of staff. Emma had fallen asleep in her costume on the way, and was still asleep when they found out the party was cancelled, so Tammy decided to make a trip to Wal-Mart and break the news to her later on. When they got to Wal-Mart, Emma was still asleep, but she started waking up as Tammy put her in the shopping cart and the went into the store. Tammy can't go anywhere without using the restroom, so she wheeled Emma and the cart into the barrier free stall and began "resting". Emma looked around from her seat in the cart, still a little foggy and done up tight in her Uniqua costume, and she said "This is a Halloween party?" Tammy couldn't control her laughter, even though Emma repeatedly shook her finger and told her it wasn't funny. Poor kid must have been so let down. She's gotten over it now, but we still can't get over how funny she can be sometimes.