Our Halloween Adventure

Apparently the lot has fallen to me this time to post on the blog. I guess I can understand that this would be the case. Sarah is a little occupied taking care of two kids and trying to maintain her sanity with a husband who is thirty going on three himself. Anyway, here is a brief update for everyone who is curious to discover what has been going on behind the closed doors of this branch of the Hamilton Clan.

Halloween was an interesting event around our house. Every year it seems that we have large plans that don't quite seem to pan out. This year seemed to be no special exception to the standard we have set in previous years. Our ward had a trunk or treat that we neglected to attend because, instead, we decided to attend a similar event hosted by my work. Our varsity football team was playing in a playoff game against Snake River and on of the local businesses offered to host a tail gate party and trunk or treat for the community. It was really quite fun. All of my students were excited to meet Laila, she was a week old and I had not really been to work since she was born, so the kids felt a little neglected. They were all very kind and gave Aiden and his little friend Heigan lots of candy. Here are a few pictures of the experience with some commentary.

Aiden and I are gutting the pumpkin. He refused to touch the insides because he said that they were "yucky."

Aiden decided early on that he wanted to be Captain America this year and Sarah worked really really hard on his costume. Getting him to keep the mask on was a bit is a struggle, but the costume came out remarkable good. Aiden demands that he wear it at least once a week and refers to it as his "Capn'merica jammies." Heigan, his little neighbor friend was Peter Pan. The two looked very very cute!

Here is the full outfit, shield and all. I made the shield; I was pretty proud of it.

Running around, Cap is about to take out the Pan. hehehehe

Aiden and Heigan painted pumpkins becuase they are too young to play with knives, hehe! Aiden took the painting to an extreme when finished his pumpkin he decided to paint a jack-o-lantern on his stomach.
This is our little military painter. hehehe!
The two boys getting down and dirty wiht the paints and the pumpkins.This is our little Picasso. He is very serious about his art and has decided that he loves to color, draw, paint, and play wiht Play-dough. He is very cute about it. Last week he came to work to visit me and spent the last two hours of the day drawing on my white boards with my students and educating them on what superheroes were which. They were all very impresed and suggested that we should send him to the Oprah show and Late Night with Letterman. I'm working on it hehehe!

Anyway, our Halloween was really fun, we spent it with friends and enjoyed the evening quite a bit. We hope that all of you had a good time handing out candy and trick or treating.

Cheers,
Sarah, Price, Aiden, and Laila