Happy Halloween--Ward Halloween Carnival

It's that spooky time of year when goblins and ghouls run a muck and the Carlton children join in the fun and get more candy in a week than they do all the rest of the year.  Our ward celebrates Halloween with a carnival, dinner, and trick or treating.  The kids were very excited to go and didn't want to wait for Eddy and I and so they decided to walk to the neighborhood park where the party was held.  We drove and beat them but I guess they got to work off some of the future candy they would be eating.  I used to have a matching themed costume for the kids back when I only had a couple of kids but now that there is five of them they can be whatever they want no theme whatsoever.  What do you think they chose to be for Halloween?  Below is a pictorial hint.

What are they?

From Left to Right

Declan- the Jedi Erza from Star Wars Rebels (new show so good!)

Zany-Sheriff Callie from Disney show Sheriff Callie Wild West (also an excellent show)

Archer-Batman

McCoy- 17th century pirate

Quinton-Teenager to old to trick or treat but hoping for candy anyway

Are you ready for Pirate McCoy!

I usually don't buy costumes they just have to pick one from the costume bins but Declan really wanted to be Erza so I found the orange shirt and shorts on clearance at Walmart for two bucks each and a little blue hair spray and walla, Erza costume.

Declan using the force for good I am sure

 The teenagers of our ward planned and hosted the carnival games for the younger kids. They did a great job and the kids had a blast!

Zany hoping for big numbers

Archy goes fishing

What has Coy caught? A skittle fish

Zany whips her pole back and has caught the elusive twizzler fish

McCoy tries to get toilet paper rolls in the toilet-he gets all three in

 The most beloved carnival game of all--the cupcake walk. McCoy and Archer beelined it straight to the cupcake walk when we arrived and spent a good twenty minutes trying to win cupcakes. You walk untill the music stops and then they call out the chosen picture and if you are standing on it you get a cupcake. I think Archer eventually won three cupcakes over the course of the night and he didn't even eat any of them.  I'll bet Quint was happy to help him out with that.

Cupcake Walk (McCoy and Archer Center)

Winners picking their cupcakes

Declan and McCoy trick or treating from lawn chair to lawn chair.

This is a warm up to our Halloween night traditions, a wee practice to make sure the kids are ready to trick and treat!  Halloween must be one of the best holiday's for kids, by simply asking adults will give you more candy than you can carry!  

To bad mom won't let you eat it all.

Happy Halloween to You and Yours!  

May you to get more candy than you can carry!