{"id":3958,"date":"2010-11-04T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2010-11-04T08:52:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T14:52:02","slug":"halloween-happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=3958","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the holiday is Completely past and we are halfway to Christmas, I must post some pictures of our Halloweening.<\/p>\n<p>I had bought a pair of scrubs at a garage sale earlier this year.  I think I paid 50 cents or something great like that.  I was so excited.  Instant costume!  And it&#8217;s comfy!<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3836.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So when the kids and I went to our ward Halloween party on Tuesday night, I was set.  Instant costume!  John decided to be a parrot and Jenna is all sweet in her Hershey bar costume.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3837.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening we took our exchange student, Kazuki, to Gardner Village to see the witches, and to have dinner.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3864.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, now Halloween is over and I need to pack everything away.  I&#8217;ve discovered I either need to get ride of some of those costumes, or I need more boxes!<\/p>\n<p>In one shop, all the Halloween stuff was 50% off.  I saw the Medusa hat that I had coveted when I saw it in Cedar City.  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3885.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nBut this time it was ON SALE!!  I had to have it.  I had wanted that hat, but didn&#8217;t want to plunk down $30 for it, so when I could get it for $14, I jumped at the chance!<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3886.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> See, it looks good on everyone!<\/p>\n<p>When we came home, we had to do some finishing touches on Megan&#8217;s costume.  She designed her own digs this year, and wanted to be a Control 4 remote control.  Check it out.  Here&#8217;s her design for the costume.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-26\/IMG_3825.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> She made all the buttons.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-26\/IMG_3823.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-26\/IMG_3830.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI sewed the costume part, after we figured out the details of the top and all that.  Here she is trying it on.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3894.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, Friday was the day of celebrations at school.  I woke up and put on my scrubs, then drove my carpool of Japanese boys to BYU.  But when I got home, I realized I couldn&#8217;t just NOT wear that awesome Medusa hat to John&#8217;s school party.  So I threw together a costume.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3899.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3929.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John had decided to be Harry Potter for his school celebrations.  (This is the problem with having a great big box of costumes.  The kids tend to change their minds at the last minute)<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3901.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blonde Harry Potter?  Sure.  Whatever. <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3913.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jenna stuck with her original Hershey Bar costume, and Natalie was a french maid.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3928.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After school, we went to dad&#8217;s work to trick-or-treat through the cubicles.  This is one of our favorite activities.  The kids like it because they can get a lot of candy in a short amount of time.  I like it because we don&#8217;t have to deal with the weather, and I usually end up seeing my friend Kimberly, whose husband works with Ryan (and decided to be Rick Astley).<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3937.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p> John decided for this event he was going to be a dolphin.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3932.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megan was the big hit of the event, there at Contol 4.  She had many people want to take her picture in her remote costume.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3939.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-30\/IMG_3936.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The actual trick-or-treating at night was a little bit of a let down.  It was cold and POURING rain when we were all set to go out.  I mean SHEETS of rain.  But we braved it and made our way around the neighborhood for a little while at least.  Notice that John wore yet another costume, his ninja outfit that I thought he was planning on wearing all along.  Kazuki was a good sport and threw on a cape and came with us.  Cole did not don a single costume this year.  He went to a party.  Costumeless.  He&#8217;s such a disappointment to his costume loving mother.  Sigh.  I guess he takes after his dad.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-31\/IMG_4085.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>We may have been dressed like this, but in reality, we looked more like this.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2010-10-31\/IMG_4084.sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the holiday is Completely past and we are halfway to Christmas, I must post some pictures of our Halloweening. I had bought a pair of scrubs at a garage sale earlier this year. I think I paid 50 cents or something great like that. I was so excited. Instant costume! And it&#8217;s comfy! 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