This was the first year Elliot was willing to get his hands messy with pumpkin guts!
Unfortunately the carved pumpkins started molding like crazy and had to be thrown out 3 days later.
The little kids opted for painting instead of carving
I let the kids go wild with decorations this year. We had very few walls in the house that didn't have at least one ghost taped to them. Elliot is way into a YouTube channel called "Art Hub for Kids" that has a whole playlist of Halloween drawing and origami videos that he worked his way through while listening to "Wee Sing for Halloween" on loop.
Elliot invented this candy dispensing slide for social distanced trick or treating. It spits candy out of the terrifying bleeding eye face. It is pretty much a curtain rod box with several other completely unnecessary boxes taped to it. We go through massive amounts of tape in this house.
This year we checked out Halloween at the zoo. It was under construction, but it was still fun to see all the decorations they had all around! Ethan is obsessed with skeletons, so he was on cloud nine the whole time. The kids ditched their costumes after 10 minutes, but mostly managed to keep their masks on.
Isaac was mostly interested in eating the animals on his shirt.
"Annie, what was your favorite animal at the zoo?"
"Ummm... the ducks."
"What about you, Elliot?"
"I liked the peeing Rhino!"
There was a great debate in our ward about whether or not to have a Halloween party. One of the hardest parts of this pandemic is that everyone has differing opinions about how much we should be returning to normal life. Some people are still in total quarantine, while others refuse to wear masks ever and think most people should return to normal life and just deal with the virus if they get sick. Most people draw lines somewhere in the middle. Are outdoor playdates ok? Gatherings are fine as long as everyone wears masks? It has created this social minefield that is terribly difficult to navigate.
Anyway, the ward compromised by having a costume photo contest the week before Halloween. You could submit your pictures on the facebook group, or sign up for a time slot to get nice pictures taken by someone in the ward who has a photography business.
I was an art project. This is the dress that Breezy and Elliot made me for Christmas.
Puppy Annie
Dragon Isaac
You may have noticed that Elliot and Aaron were missing from our little photo shoot. On the way to the event, Elliot stepped on a scorpion in our garage and got a nasty sting on his foot. He had shooting pains up his leg and was not a happy camper. We iced it, gave him some children's tylenol, and calmed him down with candy and TV. I decided to take the little kids for pictures while Aaron stayed home with Elliot.
Two hours later, Elliot was acting strangely. He said it didn't hurt too much but that his "whole body felt weird." He was tired and tried to take a nap but had this nervous energy, and he couldn't keep still. Eventually he started complaining about an awful taste in his mouth. I gave him some chocolate milk, which he spat out all over the place. He was crying and rubbing his tongue and generally freaking out. I took a look in his mouth and his throat was swollen. That was one of the "severe" symptoms, so Aaron took him to urgent care. They noted that his eyes were doing this thing where they got unfocused and floated around independently from each other, which worried them enough to send him to the ER so that he would have access to antivenom if needed. They monitored him for a few hours, but he was getting better on his own, so they didn't end up giving him anything other than juice and crackers. Aaron and Elliot passed the time by making a catapult out of tongue depressors and discussing electricity. The highlight for Elliot was when they saw one doctor (some bro medical resident) punch another doctor in the butt.
It was a long day for the buster bubbs, but fortunately he did not require any major interventions, and he was back to normal the next day.
Elliot's Prenda group did a trunk or treat with siblings invited.
Halloween dinner- bone bread, casserole in a pumpkin, and "monster eyes" made from cucumber and raisins. Claudia brought tons of nacho stuff too so it was a real feast. Afterwards I stayed behind to dispense candy with Elliot's candy slide and man the baby monitor while the rest of the Bloods went out trick or treating. The slide was a big hit. One little boy gave me a handful of his own candy so that I could give it back to him through the slide. All and all a great halloween!
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