Halloween 2013

Sarah was Cat Woman, Jack was Batman, and Caroline was Ariel.

We had a Trunk or Treat/Fall Festival at our church, and Caroline had a costume parade at preschool.

Here are some of those pics...

 

 

 

Costume parade.  Tried to sneak in and get a quick shot...

 



This was Caroline's mask she made at school.  She also wore it with her Ariel costume on Halloween night.  One day while the kids were at school, she stripped to her undies, put the mask on, and ate Halloween candy while watching Nick Jr. 

That's the good life.

 

 



Costumes

Ah, Halloween is right around the corner.

The older kids are at the age where they understand that they better pick a costume and stick with it.  If I buy a costume, there's no turning back.  Period.

Caroline still changes her mind.  A lot. 

I must've forgotten that when I took her to Target this afternoon.

We grabbed a Batman costume for Jack.  Sarah wants to be CatWoman because she wants to be a "bad guy" this year.  Caroline is Batgirl.

She wanted to be Batgirl.  She saw it online and picked it out.  I realize Batgirl is a little redundant when you already have a Batman in the group, but at least the kids were going to be coordinating for the first time EVER.

Then she saw the options on the costume aisle. 

There was Supergirl.  Rapunzel looked good to her. Of course there's always Cinderella.  She saw a gorilla costume that piqued her interest and she considered dressing as a hot dog.

She stripped down to her tshirt and panties and tried everything on. 

I don't think you're supposed to do that sort of thing at Target, but we did.  A few people stared at us as though Walmart might be a better shopping establishment for folks like us. 

I made her leave her shirt on; I don't know what the big deal was! 

I forget that I'm supposed to be on my best behavior at Target because they're getting fancier (and more expensive) every day.  But whatever.

FINALLY she decided on Ariel. 

We brought it home.  She tried it on again... this time without her shirt...  And said, "It's beautiful!"

She loved it. 

She twirled in it. 

She walked in it.

She curtsied in it.

Then she tugged at it.

She made a face like she wasn't happy.

And she said, "Mom, this really itches my armpits. I don't like it. I want to take it off."

Well, honey, scratch while you say "trick or treat" because we are NOT going shopping for costumes again.

A forgotten trick or treating pic

One last pic from Jason's phone.

Jason went out with the kids.  I manned the candy-giving station at home. Since I was not present for the trick or treating, I can only report what I heard....

Apparently everyone tripped at least once and hit the ground.  Jack knocked Caroline down, which  made her cry.  Jason got onto Jack for knocking her over, which made Jack cry.

Several people left bowls of candy on their porches.  Of which, Jason estimates at least 10 were completely empty by the time our kids got to the door. 

I'm not sure if this pic was taken before or after the tears. Or if this was before or after 10 different empty bowls on porches.  The smiles look slightly forced.... so my guess is after. ;)

It's hard for me to judge if they had fun or not given the stories I heard.  But a night of free candy can't be all bad.  Right?

Halloween 2012

Disclaimer:  These are terrible pics.

Luigi, the cheerleader, and Minnie Mouse

Trunk or Treat at church. 

It's hard to capture moments on film while holding Caroline's bucket, Jack's gloves, Caroline's mouse ears, etc.  I know better than to get a costume with parts that the kids might shed 3 minutes into the night.  Stupid me.

More Halloween desserts
Bloody bandaids, dirty Qtips and peanut butter ball pumpkins.  I give these a D- on effort, appearance, and taste.

Trick or treating.

Until next year, Halloween...

Halloween-ish dessert #3

Frankenstein/ monster pudding with oreos.

 

 

Word to the wise: Draw the face on the cup down low.  Otherwise you have to put A LOT of pudding inside the cups to fill up to the monster's eyebrows.

 

If I were a craftier person by nature, I'd have thought of that.

 

 

Halloween-ish dessert #2

Blood shot eyeballs

But they look more like flowers or wagon wheels to me.

Jack and Caroline loved them.

Sarah? Not so much.

Witches' brooms

My first Halloween-ish  dessert this week. 

Witches' brooms. Can you tell they're supposed to be brooms?   

They're as dense as they look.
I think, with the pretzel, the cookie, and the chocolate, each weighs about a pound.  :) But the kids like them.