Parkinson Family: Halloween 2011

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Halloween 2011

We had a fun Halloween this year. The kids were really excited about their costumes and dressing up. I put a lot of work into making Erika into a ROBOT. It was funny because she wore this costume to the ward party on Oct 28th and could not reach her mouth with her hand, so we had to help her eat.

Kyle had fun being a mummy on Halloween. Doesn't he look creepy? He likes the spooky ones.

This was his first year at the Elementary school so he got to be in the Halloween parade, which he was so excited about.

I put together a "Halloween Costume Exchange" this year through the Relief Society, which went pretty well. Anyone who had extra costumes from previous years could bring them and then choose from what was there. I figured this could be a blessing for anyone who would have otherwise had to go out and buy a costume that only gets worn once. I have a huge tub of costumes stored away as I'm sure most people do. This was nice for me, too, so that some of the younger kids didn't have to be the same thing their siblings were in the past.

A "care bear", perfect for my little Heidi.
She got to wear her costume to school for a
Halloween party and was so excited!

Jared was a little mouse. He knows he is cute.

The kids had a lot of fun trick-or-treating this year and even more fun eating the candy afterward!

All four of them anxiously waiting to go trick-or-treating.

2 comments:

BonnieNovember 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM
The Robot and mummy costumes turned out so good! All of your kids look so adorable!
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VickiNovember 14, 2011 at 4:03 PM
So darn cute....
Erika gramma wants to borrow your costume... maybe if my arm couldn't reach my mouth I could lose some weight.
The mummy Kyle costume is the BEST in the parade. Scary and I wouldn't have know it was you Kyle. Very cool!
And our little care bear Heidi..what a fitting costume for you!!
Jared, I have a terrible fobia about mice but I am thinking I could hug and kiss and squeeze this mouse without hesitation. SOOOO much fun.
Thanks Amber!!
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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."