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Trunk or Treat

Our ward is lame and doesn't do trunk or treats, so thankfully we were able to go to my dad's. Even before I was pregnant, I always dreamed of doing a family costume of us as Rapunzel, Flynn, and Pascal. I was so excited this year to finally make that happen. I borrowed the skirt from my mom, made the shirt myself, and had plans to do a homemade chameleon costume for Aaron but walked into Target one day and saw they already had them for only $20! It was perfect. 

Well, except for the fact that the vest Sammy had made him look like he was going to a wedding, not like Flynn Rider. He refused to wear anything. I'm going to be honest, I was a little upset. I'd had this Pinterest vision in my mind all year of how we'd look, and we'd look so great that the picture would find a way onto our living room wall. 

Looking back at it now, I feel a little silly. I'm really trying to work on not getting this grand visions of how things should go, so that I'm not upset about things that in the long scheme of things, don't really matter. We had a great night, we were together, and Aaron was stinking cute. That's all that matters. 
His little tail was my favorite!
He only wore the costume for about ten minutes, then he was done. He was doing great until someone came in dressed up as a blow up baby trump. Then he got very upset. Same kid, same. 


They had a chili cookout too and Aaron ate a bunch of chili. Probably because it was my chili haha! We told the guy who made that chili and he was very flattered. 



Aaron spent most of the night pushing a folding chair across the gym while all the kids played in a carnival. He was happy to have such a big place to play in. 

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