Evan's Preschool Halloween Parade

Evan had his preschool Halloween party on Thursday. His "real" Halloween costume is a mummy, but I was not about to wrap him up for 2 hours of preschool, then do it again the next night. So for preschool, he was a black cat.

He was so cute, marching along the sidewalk, swinging his arms back and forth as he went.

A wave for his audience.

His preschool class.

Pre-Halloween Festivities. Pt. 1, Hee-Haw Farms & a Wig

We had a busy week this past week, doing lots of fun stuff to celebrate the Halloween season. There was the party at Aunt Lynnette's, of course, and on Wednesday, we packed up the family (all 3 of my sisters included) and headed to Hee Haw Farms. We didn't do the corn maze or anything, but we enjoyed all the activities, including a hay ride, hay bale slide, farm animals, corn cob cannons, and the pitch-black inflatable boo house.

Evan liked the farm animal train ride.

So did Owen ... at first. T'Em was kind enough to escort him.

This is Owen at the end of the ride.

This is Leroy, the ginormous pig.

Evan's favorite part was the building full of "working Halloween stuff" (as he called it). They had a bunch of different scenes set up with a light-up mummy, singing witch, etc. You know, working stuff. Here he is, completely enthralled.

When we got home, we played around with Auntie Kake's I Love Lucy wig. I don't know if I should be totally frightened here or what, but Evan sure does make a cute little girl.

Now THIS is frightening.

And more of that cute little girl.

Halloween Party

Last Tuesday, Casey took the boys to his Aunt Lynnette's annual family Halloween party. They had a great time. I had a Relief Society presidency meeting and I was sorry I missed out. Here are a few pictures:

Sweet little Owen ...

causing trouble in Lynnette's cupboards.

Frankenstein and Evan. I mean, Casey. :)

Evan told me about the piano that "played music all by herself! It was so crazy!" And anytime there's music, there's Owen dancing.

Here he is getting his groove on with Snow White (Aunt Lynnette).

Hogle Zoo

We went to the zoo last week. Casey took off on a last minute golf trip, but we decided to go anyway to make the most out of a couple long-distance errands. So after a quick stop in Ogden to get art panels, we (me, the kids and my sister Kate) headed to the zoo. Here are a few highlights.

Our first animal encounter was a standoff with the peacock. He just wandered around the grounds all day, it was great.

The elephant doing tricks.

Eating lunch while watching the carousel.

Evan being a scarecrow with the scarecrows.

This giraffe was hilarious. He had to spread his legs out so he could reach the branch on the ground. Too funny.

While the rest of us were checking out the camels, Evan was across the road inspecting all the Halloween decorations at the education office. Spooky stuff beats out animals anytime.

Owen enjoyed the camels.

Evan vs. gorilla.

Fun on the carousel.

Evan loved riding on the praying mantis.

Owen didn't think it was so fun after a minute.

Treats! (Owen loved the Dippin' Dots!)

Evan vs. orangutan.

Evan showing us how the gorilla walks.

Kate & Evan measuring up.

These 2 were funny. They were just sitting there posing. So I took their picture.

Train ride.

Evan's favorite part of the train ride.

After the zoo we took Auntie Kake to the airport. It was a fun day.