October is one of my favorite months of the year. One of the most fun things we did this month was going to the Stringtown Express Halloween train ride.
A really nice family in Lindon, UT has built a miniature train track and decorates it for Halloween. It is free to ride, and they even give the kids a treat at the end. They have spent a lot of time and money decorating and running this event every year. My kids LOVED it, although it was a little scary for their liking. We got there early and still waited in line over an hour. They say if you get there after dark you'll wait 2 or so hours.
We also had our annual Winn family chili/Halloween party at Adam's grandma's ("G")house. We look forward to it every year. G always makes her amazing chili, the kids wear their costumes, there's a pinata, Halloween Bingo with great prizes, and lots of desserts. This year the party was held on Kylee's actual birthday, so she got to celebrate with a cupcake and candles.
Halloween was a crazy day. I got Ethan off to school early, went to the store for dry ice, got Austin off to preschool, went to Ethan's school to watch the traditional school Halloween parade, and raced to Austin's preschool to help with the special Halloween treat I'd made for them. That evening we went to my parent's house for dinner, then came back to our neighborhood where my sister joined me to take the kids trick-or-treating. Ethan was the black bird from Angry Birds (my mom and I made the costume, he LOVED it), Austin was Mario (he wanted to be Bowser, but they don't sell the costume anywhere and it was way too complicated to make. He refused to wear Mario's hat or mustache), and Kylee was Snow White (I tried to pick something else for her to be, but the boys INSISTED that she HAD to be a princess. And she loves Snow White, so she was happy as can be).
