The Grand Adventure: Neverland, Dry Ice, and Knives

Sounds exciting doesn't it? It was.

Way back in February when the girls were in their Peter Pan phase they decided what we would be for Halloween. Lauren would be Wendy, Rachel-Peter Pan, Emily – Tinker Bell (because she is small), Daddy-Captain Hook, and Mommy – just a pirate. And so that’s what we were.

Peter Pan

Peter Pan and Wendy

Tinker Bell

Off to Neverland! (or Candyland)

This was our first year with ALL of us dressing up, usually adult costumes are too big of a hassle. Luckily Lauren has plenty of blue dresses, we inherited a Peter Pan costume, and some friends of ours had a fantastic Captain Hook costume. Easy peasey. The pirate and Tinker Bell were easy Goodwill finds. Yay. With the ward trunk-or-treat, preschool party, and stake singing time party, by the time Halloween night actually came around we were all treated out (Basically we had more candy than three young children under 5 should have). So we made some yummy food, invited some friends over, and stayed home. Our new Halloween night tradition is eating egg rolls and homemade root beer and carving pumpkins. Just as we were sitting down to eat I went to give the root beer a stir and all the dry ice was stuck to the bottom of the glass jug. (*Note: Ryan knew that glass and dry ice are not a good combination and advised me to make it in a stock pot. I started to and then decided the jug would be better because it has a spigot. Plus I made it in the jug last year and it was fine.)

I hit the dry ice with the spoon, hoping to dislodge it and the side of the jug blew out. All I could do was stand there and watch as a gallon of root beer spilled all over the kitchen walls, floor, cabinets, and fridge. Bummer. So while everyone else was eating dinner, I mopped up the kitchen. I am still sad about the loss of all that root beer, I love homemade root beer.

After dinner we carved pumpkins. I had the great idea of making one of the girls’ pumpkins into a Cinderella carriage. Super easy carving wise, just carve a door, then you just need to add everything to the outside. After our friends left and Emily was in bed, I was trying to figure out how to make wheels for our carriage. I decided on poking bamboo skewers through plastic lids (the old yogurt container kind). The skewers weren't strong enough to poke through so I grabbed a pairing knife since we had plenty out on the table. I was pushing hard to just poke a hole but the knife unexpectedly burst through the lid slicing my finger (classic boy scout mistake). BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD!!!!!!!(Ryan added this part) Ryan thought I had stabbed a skewer through my hand, but was relieved when he learned it was "just" a knife. It was a pretty deep cut and I was pretty sure it was going to need stitches. Luckily I have a good boy scout who knows basic first aid. I then spent the rest of the evening with my finger wrapped tight and held up in the air above my head, no stitches necessary. Yay. Unfortunately Rachel’s pumpkin looks like Cinderella’s after midnight.