Lucy headed up the crafts crew to be sure our house was sufficiently festive. My craft project was figuring out how to make a Laura Ingalls costume. Pioneer costumes aren't really in fashion these days. Gavin's vampire suit was much easier to find at Wal-Mart. But you know our Lucy, she always has to choose the unusual theme, and she insisted on this one.
Lucy was certainly the only pioneer girl at her school's UNICEF parade.
There were Halloween parties at their friends' houses, and Halloween carnivals at church and at the school. . .
. . .and lots and lots and LOTS of Trick-or-Treating. Norwich opened the dorms to Trick or Treat on Wednesday night, the ward Trunk or Treat was Friday, and by the time the actual Halloween night came around the kids nearly opted to stay home! But in the end we went out and hit Central Street, Northfield's famous Trick-or-Treat row, and snagged a few more bucketfuls of treats.
The funny thing is they don't ever actually eat the candy. They just like to trade it with each other. There's been a lively candy exchange going on around here which the parents have managed to get in on a few times, scoring Kit-Kats and Twix and other good stuff. 