I've always enjoyed Halloween: the costumes, the fall leaves, the Halloween-themed treats. This year we decided to be the "Washburn Family Garden." Adam was the gardener, Allison was a flower, Jared was a bug, and I had "a pea in the pod." Grandma Washburn made the kids' darling costumes, of course. Adam and I scrounged for ours... but the overall effect was fun.
This year Halloween seemed to last a full week: on Tuesday we carved our pumpkins. On Wednesday Jared's preschool did their costume parade and "trick-or-treating" to the high school classrooms. On Friday our ward had its Halloween party, complete with chili cookoff and chemistry magic show in the fire pit out back. Saturday we'll do a special trick-or-treating night, arranged with 19 of our other Mormon neighbors living at Winfield Village. And Sunday we'll have friends over for the traditional Dickson flaming-eyes ghost cake (I made one last week as well, for Adam to bring to his chemistry lab group meeting).
Isn't that owl cool? Adam carved it, upon Jared's request.
Now that Halloween is over, can anyone tell me what to do with all this candy the kids have collected? Add it to the stash left over from last year, I guess!
