Not So 'Halloweeny'

I didn't dress up for Halloween this year.

not because i didn't have the chance to, 

but because i simply chose not to.

I was actually really excited about not dressing up.

I've always thought Halloween was overrated,

it's definitely one of my least favorite hollidays.

I continued with this anti-halloween excitement--

even as i attended, "Helamanoween."

(Helamanoween was an event I helped staff for work.

I was one of the people in charge--

so i could get away with not wearing a costume.)

Right?

Right.

So...what was the problem?

At one point i caught myself thinking of ideas
for a potential costume next year. . .

I had to stop myself!!! 

This can't be right. 

I DON'T LIKE HALLOWEEN.

Do i?

I suppose maybe deep down, a part of me misses dressing up. . .

(let's face it, my spirit days outfits were always the best... ;))

I don't know at what point i started feeling sad that i didn't do anything Halloween-y.

Maybe it was while i was looking through facebook pictures of other's clever costumes?

(slutty ones not included.)

Or seeing the creativity of costumes at the Helaman dance?

I don't know, 

but i suppose i will have to make up for it

next year.

IN MY DEFENSE. i wasn't a total halloween dud.

Being FHE mom i was able to incorporate some Halloween-ish activities,

which were, well:

"tons and tons and tons of fun" ;)

[Thanks Dallin!]

I also got to do something i've been wanting to do for a while now! 

I put pintrest to the test! 

I actually DID something i found on pintrest!!! 

though, i don't know if my attempt was quite as successful as theirs was....

what did we do???

PUMPKIN BOWLING. 

I decorated rolls of toilet paper like little ghosts. (like this):

[wrapping in seran wrap is optional. . .

i didn't want to waste precious toilet paper!

i am a college student after all. . . ]

Set them up like this:

and then using a pumpkin with holes cut in the side (like a bowling ball) 

we bowled at the little ghosts!! 

(it's hard to see...but it was like this):

SUCCESS!!

 

 We are a happy family :)