Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Halloween 2011: We Made It!

So Halloween didn't turn out exactly as planned this year.  Things started off well.  We've been thinking about our costumes since August.  Ryan and Tess read Charlotte's Web together this year, so we decided to turn it into a family costume.

Tess and Drew debuted their costumes at the library Costume Parade.  A good place to start, since the librarians were especially appreciative of our literary disguises.  Danielle came along for the fun.

 (You will notice in ALL of these pictures that Tess now refuses to look at the camera and/or smile for any kind of posed photo.  Sigh.  And yes, I put socks on Drew solely for the purpose of having him rip them off and suck on them until they are soggy wet.) 






With that under our belts, we were ready for the real fun to begin!  Instead something else began:  SNOW!!!!  Snow?  Yes, SNOW!!!!!  Boo!  So our favorite tradition, the Occoquan Halloween Parade was cancelled.  Just as well, because I also came down with strep throat.  And so did Drew.


Our family was too contaminated to attend the ward Trunk or Treat, but we made the best of it with a little pumpkin carving.  Keep in mind that this is our THIRD pumpkin of the season.  Our last two went bad (we've had a LOT of rain this season), so I decided to wait to get our carving pumpkin.  Apparently I waited too late, because all the pumpkins everywhere were taken!  Ry found one at the the local nursery, but pickins were slim, and the pumpkin he came home with had a huge gash in the bottom!  We carved it up quickly, and it at least made it through Halloween.  It turned out pretty cute!






Tess revived Bob the Dog from last year's pumpkin.

Meet this year's pumpkin:  Daryl the Cat.  (Tess picked the name.)


 

Tess also had her first Primary Program this weekend and from all reports, she did very well.  I was too sick to go, so she agreed to perform her "part" for me.  Her Sunbeam class was assigned to recite together:  "As we read the scriptures, our testimonies will grow."  Drew sounds like he's crying, but he's really laughing at Tess in this video.


Come Halloween, Ryan took Tess out for her first real trick-or-treating experience!  We usually do so many other Halloween activities that trick-or-treating just isn't necessary.  But she was ready this year!  Tess was Wilbur the Pig and Ryan was Charlotte's Web.  Charlotte the Strep Spider stayed home with me.  I was going to be Fern,  but oh well.  


It was a chilly Halloween night, but Tess had a BLAST trick-or-treating!


At dinner that night, Tess told us she hadn't decided what to be for Halloween next year.  Guess it's time to start thinking!

6 comments:

Nana and Papa said...

It just does my Halloween-loving heart good to see the noble Higginbotham traditions being carried forth from generation to generation! Good job with costumes, Mir. Good wearing, Ry, Tess, and Drew. The scariest thing about this year's festivities was the strep bug. Sorry. Glad Tess got some good loot. Did the parents happen to taste any? haha.

xxoo Nana

Dipsy said...

I'm not sure how good the loot was if Ryan and Tess were threatening to eat raw pumpkin innards. And I'll bet Tess was a Primary hit if she did her scripture recitation in her dinner voices.
Papa

Dipsy said...

That pic of Tess and Ryan eating pumpkin innards is saving straight to my ipod. It's a classic! Dad and I watched the video over and over again, just to see Tess's excited "jump"!

Maureen said...

Ryan's costume is COOL! Some pig! Sorry you've been sick, that's just no fun :(

Dipsy said...

Are you sure you guys didn't get SWINE FLU instead of strep?

Ann said...

So, did you have a costume too Miriam???