Captain Jack

For Halloween Jack was a pirate, which he absolutely loved. Have you ever seen a happier pirate? 

We ended up going to St. George for Halloween so that Jack could trick-or-treat with several of his cousins, which was a lot of fun. 

Surprisingly, given the intensity of his mother's sweet tooth (more about this below), Jack cared very little about the candy. He enjoyed the people much more than the candy.  

Incidentally, when Jack's mother was just a bit older than Jack, she started sneaking out to go and buy candy. She tells a story of sneaking away from home as a young girl, riding her bike to the gas station to buy candy (which she would then hide under the lawnmower to keep out of the clutches of her siblings), seeing her mom's car turn the corner, and jumping off her bike and diving commando-style into the bushes in order to avoid detection. 

For Halloween dinner grandma served snake casserole (meat loaf rolled out in a snake-like tube with a diamondback pattern painted on with ketchup and mustard), fingertips (baby carrots with almond slices glued on as fingernails), and eyeballs (yellow jello balls with blueberries as irises). The kids absolutely loved it, but we aren't so sure about grandpa.