at the disgust of my children (mostly madeline) i decided that we were not going trick or treating this year and instead decided to go to the madeley ward (other ward that meets in our chapel) trunk or treat. it had been opened to anyone that wanted to attend as they were doing a sausage sizzle and games etc to raise funds for their end of year youth activity.
i'm not anti halloween, i just find it hard to get into it, being that i've grown up in australia (and country australia at that!) but i donned my costume (which took me all of 3 minutes to put together, all opshopped and things i already had - and actually a remake of a fabulous halloween here) helped the kids into theirs and off we went.
out little one armed ninja turtle in an opshopped costume complete with the shell and accessories madeline got a few christmases back...
and rainbow dash... we already owned everything she is wearing, and added little rainbow tattoos to her face and hands
for those of you not familiar with the trunk or treat concept... it's a safe option for kids. it's generally done with a group of people, in our case a church group, who park their cars and decorate the open trunk (we call it a boot in asustralia) so that kids can go from car to car in the carpark and trick or treat. i was particularly keen this year, being that one of my kids is sporting a broken bone. i couldn't even imagine having to chaperone that around the neighbourhood.
there was some pretty amazingly decorated cars, but this was madelines favourite, decorated with her latest obsession, the disney descendants (don't know what that is - have a look at the preview here) she was so thrilled to see someone else loves them too!
joseph and his best friend, aunty dom ♥
madeline and her friends hannah and hayley
and catching up with old friends, here i am with my friend jamie-lee. we had an awesome night and i think i may be trying to talk my kids into trunk or treating every year... i felt so much safer in our gated carpark. hooray for the church community!
