Ditching Your Kids on Halloween

Halloween has always been Tori's favorite holiday, so I was surprised when she suggested we go see "The Book of Mormon" on Halloween this year.  A friend of ours got discount group tickets and that was the only night available.  I felt some parental guilt about ditching our kids on such an important kid holiday, but the savings were too great to pass up.

Our friend Sidney was kind enough to babysit and we took the kids trick-or-treating on our cul-de-sac before we headed out.  Then Sidney took them for a more extended trick-or-treat experience with our dear friend Erin's family, so they had a pretty wild and crazy night and apparently didn't go to bed until 9:45pm, which has got to be a record.

As for us, we had a great time at the "The Book of Mormon" and it was particularly fun to watch with ex-Mormons like Tori, her mom, and her sister.  They pretty much had tears running down their cheeks throughout the whole thing.  I'm more of an "I'm laughing really hard on the inside" kind of person, but I also thought it was pretty hilarious, though maybe just a tad too vulgar in some parts.  Let's just say I wouldn't recommend it to my parents.

Without further ado, here are some Halloween photos of the kids!

Charlie was a stubborn-ass cowboy/farmer who refused to wear his hat except for this photo op (which required bribery), Zadie was Pippi for two years running, and Skip was the tin man from Wizard of Oz.

We went to a work party a few days before Halloween and the kids wanted to be cowboys and cowgirls.  These are some great vintage suede outfits that my mom bought them.  Zadie and Skip can really pull off the cowboy/cowgirl look, but Charlie looks more like a chubby farmer.  Charlie, if you ever try to say that the third child doesn't get photos taken, please note that it was only because of your stubbornness not to appear in said photos!