Halloween. One of my least favorite holidays of the year. But, its fun to see the kids get excited about it, so we always have a go at it. But, we don't try too hard.
Pumpkin carving. In the garage this year. Much better than at the kitchen table. We got these pumpkins for 99 cents a piece at Aldis. You know I got 8 of the them. The ones we didn't carve, we spray painted with colors we had on hand. Just to make them look fancy. The bigger boys did most of their own work, after the top of the pumpkins were cut open.
Even Kella did okay with digging out the insides of her pumpkin. And, she dressed for the occasion.
Then, the costumes. Oh yes, I waited until the day of Halloween to go get costumes for the kids. I don't know if I was hoping they would just make something up from what we had at home or would decide not to go trick-and-treating. Anyway, Kella scored a new princess dress-Elsa from Frozen, of course. I've almost quit buying Kella "regular" clothes since all she wants to wear are princess dresses. And, we are starting to have quite the collection. Of course, Ewan couldn't pass up the chance for another costume. He loves to dress up and pretend, too. He specifically asked for the Robin costume and then, told me where to buy it. (thank you Ewan!) Liam was happy with the Captain America assortment we got for him. And, Cale just needed a plastic weapon.
And, we're off! Marcus, Kinley and Andy stayed home. The evening was drizzly, cold and windy. Temps were easily in the 30's. Captain America and Robin made it down one street in our 4 street subdivision before wanted to go home. The princess got pulled in a wagon, tucked in with a blanket for 2 more streets before we dropped her off at the house.
And, Cale. Cale couldn't find the mask he wanted to wear and wouldn't wear the other ski mask we had, so he went like this. And, this boy walked the whole subdivision with his frozen mother. No worries, it only started snowing when we got to the last street. His reward: a bucket full of candy, which, to my surprise, he has willingly shared with his sibs.
The night ended with a late dinner, candy and a Harry Potter movie with the fire place on,
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