Halloween parties and awards ceremony

On Friday we had a busy day. We started it off by going to our wards play group Halloween Party. Nathan surprised us by showing up (which is always nice but was especially nice since Blair was tired and fussy so one of us held Blair while the other one got to help Easton out with crafts). Easton surprisingly wanted to wear his costume into the church but once he got inside and realized he couldn't pick anything up and couldn't run around with the other kids he wanted it off. I made him put it back on when everyone was getting a group shot. I'm not sure this was the best idea now. Easton had his hands inside his box and buzz lightyear decided he was going to fly into Easton and take him down. Easton looked like a falling tree. He couldn't get himself back up once he fell down. He was flaring his legs and crying/screaming. It was pretty sad. I even had a hard time trying to get him back on his feet. I guess next year we will have to let Easton decide what he is going to be.

It is hard to see in this picture but Easton is Roaring (apparently he is a killer Lego?) We really should have made him a lion or tiger. It would have been a little more fitting since he wouldn't stop roaring.

Buzz lightyear going in for the kill.

We didn't stay for the entire time at the party because we had to leave to make it to Nathan's school for his awards ceremony. We were late for Nathan to practice but made it there just in time for the ceremony itself. Nathan got an award for his surgery rotation last year.

Later that night we had our ward's trunk or treat. It was a tri ward trunk or treat. The Spanish ward had a couple pinatas for the kids to hit. It was a little dangerous because the sticks kept breaking. The first one that broke went straight for Nathan's head. Good thing Nathan has mad reflexes otherwise I probably would have had a decapitated husband. Easton was first in line to hit the second pinata. He took the stick and swung like a champ at the pinata (too bad the pinata was about 3 feet above his head). Nathan tried to help him with his second swing but Easton wouldn't have it. He threw the stick down and ran the other direction crying (I have no idea what that was about). When we left to go home we went to pack up our pumpkins and realized we had won scariest pumpkin. We're still not sure if it was Frankenstein or Elmo that was the scariest (they really should have specified).

On Saturday we went to a birthday party and then later that night we went over to the Presley's house to hang out. We were going to take Easton trick or treating around their neighborhood but Easton refused to but his costume on. I think he had more fun playing with the kids in the basement.