Halloween Adventures

We had a very fun and long Halloween week. On Sunday of that week I got very stressed out because I realised that I would have to dress the girls up 4 out of 5 days that week. Tuesday was day number 1 when we had our annual playgroup Halloween party at my house. It was a lot of fun, but it's always a little stressful for me to have playgroup at my house because I have to make sure that everything is spic and span. It didn't help that the night before Carson was on an over night business trip in downtown Denver. I know it sounds lame, but he was in meetings until 10 pm and had to get going again at 7 am the next morning. So he took advantage of the fact that the University was springing for his hotel room. It was good for him to have the break and relax but it meant that I didn't have any help getting the house in tip top shape. Oh well, I got it all done! Wednesday, day 2, Siobhan had dance class so we got her dressed up for that and Siobhan's teacher wanted to see Audrey in her costume. Not so bad, but still a little bit of a pain. Thursday, day 3, was the annual Halloween party/trick or treat at UofP. It's always fun to show off the girls there. They had a lot of fun! Friday, day 4 and Halloween day, was a little disappointing. We got the girls all ready to go to the ward trunk or treat. I was so excited for it because it was going to be combined with our old ward that we split from at our Stake President's barn. It's a big tradition in the stake and it's really hard to book it anywhere near Halloween so it was a big occasion. As we were getting ready, I realized that I didn't have directions. So I tried to call people in the ward and could not get ahold of anyone. We tried calling the stake president, couldn't get ahold of him. Tried white paging him which was a good idea in theory, but if you didn't know (like we didn't know) that his barn is actually no where near his actual house, it wouldn't have helped and you would have spent about 45 mins to an hour, like us and some friends, driving around on a wild goose chase. We (I) were really mad. I was mad that they never thought to give out directions. They all just assumed that everyone knew where the Polson barn was out in the middle of nowhere Sedelia, CO. I was also mad that while I get about 10 (not exaggerating) emails a day from Relief Society that mostly have nothing to do with me, I never got one with any directions or info about the ward Halloween party. I guess that they gave verbal directions the Sunday before in Elder's Quorum but that doesn't really help those of us in Nursery. So we went home and trick or treated our neighborhood for about 15 minutes, before it got to late and then went to dinner at Chiles. We were all disappointed. Siobhan was just starting to get excited about it when it was time to go home and Carson and I were disappointed at the serious lack of candy. Yes, I'll blame other people for this, I'm that bitter about it. Oh yeah, in case you all didn't know, Siobhan dressed up like a Spanish Flamenco Dancer (with an authentic dress and shoes that grandma and grandpa brought from Spain) and Audrey dressed up like her namesake Audrey Hepburn complete with Tiffany and Co. shopping bag. So adorable.

All good Halloween costumes of course begin with spongy rollers in the hair. It was Audrey's first time with curlers all over her head.

Audrey, Siobhan and Daddy on Halloween night before we left for the ill fated ward Halloween party.

My solution to the lack of an Audrey Hepburn hat was to tease her hair into a bouffant with a pseudo french twist and a wide white ribbon.
Siobhan and her friend Jack right before the playgroup Halloween party.
Me, Siobhan and Audrey before playgroup.
The dress and shoes from Spain. I made the flower veil. She also had castanets and a fan. By the end of the week, I had to fight her to put it on. It was all well meaning, but the poor girl was sure sick of her costume!