Candy, Candy is What Bwings Us Together Today!

The kids thought up the BEST group costume this year! And if you know the Princess Bride, you'll know how awesome it turned out. Most of the credit for the costumes goes to Eliza who used what we had around the house to put together their outfits.

Walter - ROUS, Eliza - Inigo Montoya, Conrad - Prince Humperkink, Lenora - The Priest,
Hazel - Buttercup, Orson - Wesley

They also roped Olive and Ruby in to our costume so we could have more characters. 

Olive - Fezzik the Giant, Ruby - Vizini

Walter made the cutest ROUS (Rodent of Unusual Size)

"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."

Of course they had to act out parts of the movie and take pictures...

"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father- prepare to die."

"Mawige, mawige is wat bwings us togewer today."

These costumes will live on in family legends I'm sure! 

Even outside the epic costumes, we had tons of fun on Halloween this year. Lenora, Olive, and Ruby do a tumbling class together. They didn't want to wear their Princess Bride costumes for that, so they brought back the Sanderson sisters. So cute!

Halloween also fell on a Vanguard day, so the kids had tons of fun celebrating with friends. The moms all dressed up as M&Ms which was a blast. 

The older kids had a normal day (minus costumes), but the younger kids did some Halloween crafts and learned some songs. They performed for the teens at lunch. It was adorable because by the end of the last song everyone had joined in. I just love this group! And I love homeschool teens who make little kids feel so special by getting excited about their songs. 

After school we carved pumpkins. Walter LOVED it (because fire was involved!)

Walter was also in heaven when he figured out the purpose of this holiday - going door to door and getting candy! What could be better!?!

While the little kids had Olive and Ruby join them for trick-or-treating, Hazel and Eliza invited the Vanguard youth over for a fire and fun. They played a few night games at the school, then sat around the fire doing all manner of silliness and having a blast. 

A super fun day, followed by a perfect evening. Yay for Halloween!