This year, for Halloween, we decided to let Karl "pick" what we would be. Since it's a little complicated to ask a one-year-old what he wants to be for Halloween, we brainstormed the things he liked and what he might have fun dressing up as. The main things were animals and sports players. Ryan was partial to dressing up as athletes, so we went with that. Ryan's whole costume he was able to make with things from tennis team in high school. But, for the rest of our costumes we had to do a little shopping, sewing, embroidering, gluing, and painting. But, I think they turned out pretty good.
For the festival Ryan, along with the teachers and priests, was in charge of the obstacle course. Not all the young men followed through with their parts, so it was basically put together by Ryan and another leader. I was in charge of the face painting booth along with another sister.
The evening included a dinner with chili and hot dogs. But, with the
chili being judged for the cook-off it was a while before we got to eat.
So, we ended up doing a bit of candy, cupcake, and popcorn eating
before dinner.
While waiting for dinner we also went around to play a few of the games. Karl really liked this one game with boxes stacked up. You could either throw balls at it to knock it down or a Captain America shield/frisby. He loved trying to throw the balls at the boxes, but after a couple throws he would just confiscate the ball and try and leave. Jared liked the cake-walk and playing Ryan's obstacle course.
Jared waited all night for the trunk-or-treat and when it was finally time he went through the halls really fast. It was hard to keep up with him. Once he went around once there were a couple late comers that were ready to pass out candy. So, Ryan asked him if he wanted to go to a few more, and Jared just said, "No, I have enough." That was a little impressive to us that he'd be happy with what he had. It was a fun night to be able to visit with friends and play around for the night.
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