Halloween

4 Things that made our Halloween Unique:

#1 Rachel got to wear her Halloween Costume to school --which after talking to friends and family elsewhere--is a rare thing--everyone else I talked to said their kids weren't allowed to wear their costumes to school

Costume contest at school (no boundries to your creativity--kids were given one rule-remember there are young kids at the school, so try to to wear things that will scare them...but as you can see: blood, wedgies, masks etc were all fair game) These were the winners for each grade 1st-6th
My Favorite is Edward scissorhands--I don't know how many other kids even know who he was (Rachel sure doesn't) but he looked awesome-and it was completly home-made- which always wins extra points.

#2 We spent Halloween on the slopes.

(it is very rare that any ski area is open this early, but Wolf Creek in Southern Colorado got over 2 feet in the storm this week--so they opened and we couldn't pass it up. )

It took most of the morning for Rachel to remember how, and to get to where she left off last year. We went doen the bunny hill a few times and then headed off to a bigger lift (which in hind-sight was done a bit prematurely, and we regretted shortly after as Rachel spent much time laying in the snow, cold, and in uncomfortable positions, which caused much complaining and ended in Sam carrying her down the rest of the mountain-which I was very impressed with by the way:)

We then spent the rest of the time going down the bunny hill over, and over, and over--and Rachel remembered how much fun it is to ski when you don't fall and practically had to be dragged out of there when the time came.

*next time Rachel will go back to ski school for half-day so Sam and I can enjoy something other than the bunny hill.

#3 Went out to dinner, & Rachel got to wear her costume, and Rachel's favorite-we were served by a waitress dressed as Minnie Mouse

#4 Tick-or-Treated in a completely Random neighborhood in Durango
Let it be said that when I first told Rachel that it snowed enough to go skiing she was just as giddy as Sam was (one aspect where she is such a daddy's girl :)--and was only slightly deterred by the fact that she would miss trick-or-treating. She promptly started coming up with ways that we could make it work including

• how 'bout--we go skiing, and then drive back to Chinle to go trick-or-treating?

and after that was quickly shot down --she didn't give up until we compromised that we could find a neighborhood somewhere in Colorado to trick or treat.

Yes! it was a success!

I can't wait to see everyone else's pictures-so I will be blog lurking and anxiously awaiting their postings :-)