Our family enjoyed two Halloween-related activities this year. The first event was a "Trunk or Treat" at our church the Sunday before Halloween. If you haven't heard of a "Trunk or Treat" event, it is similar to the door-to-door type of trick or treating but instead the kids walk from "trunk to trunk" to gather candy. Each car is decorated individually with a theme or Halloween-inspired decorations.
Amelia and John instigated our family's participation in Trunk or Treat. This was the first year that our church has held this event and it was a huge success! Amelia and John enjoyed planning our car's theme and the kids enjoyed the decorations (and candy!) offered by each car.
Amelia and John selected an "Under the Sea" theme for our car. We decorated with blue and white balloons and blue streamers, and attached some multi-colored fish that the kids had cut out of poster board to create an underwater-type atmosphere.
Amelia and I took turns blowing bubbles to extend the under the sea theme even further. For treats we gave out mini bottles of bubbles and candy.
Photos below are for the two cars parked next to ours. The family on the left had two toddler boys who obviously love construction vehicles (the sign states "Constructing Candy Mountain"). The car on the right was one of the most popular with their dinosaur theme. The large dinosaur on the group on the right was animated. Somehow when you fed him the leaf he would open his mouth and growl.
So what did Amelia and John dress as for Halloween this year? John dressed as Chris Andersen, a player on the Miami Heat basketball team. As you can see, Andersen is covered in tattoos and has a mohawk hairstyle.
John as Andersen! What a hilarious costume! Part of me thinks John's costume idea was a ploy to get Scott to buy him another Heat jersey, but I love the creativity and the perfect match of the costume to John's style and love of basketball.
Amelia was inspired by Percy Jackson, a fictional character in one of her favorite book series. She found this photo on the internet.
Amelia made her "Camp Half-Blood" t-shirt (apparently this is a camp in the books) and we purchased a bow and arrow from a local store (Apparently archery is important at the camps in the Percy Jackson books). Amelia really wanted for her costume to be based on a literary character and I am proud of her for designing the t-shirt so well.
What a great Halloween season for our family.
Love both costumes.
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