Halloween

Halloween 2008 was a fantastic and busy day. We were so lucky that the kids didn't have school that day. (I am more than sure that their teachers were thrilled too.) We started the day off by giving the house a good cleaning. Wahoo! Aren't I a fun mom??? Then it was time to carve and paint pumpkins. Mia was fascinated over pulling out all of the pumpkin guts. She helped me get every last seed out. We carved a quick cat and called it good while the kids busied themselves painting their pumpkins. Well, Sam painted his pumpkin and himself. I can't figure out how he got so much paint on him in such little time. He got banned from the project after five minutes. Funny guy kept looking at his hands quizzically wondering how they got so many colors on them.

We decided to go to Gram Sharon's house early. It's tradition to have Jack-o-lantern pizza with them. Mia was concerned about the pizza. She immediately said that she didn't want any. She didn't like Jack-o-lanterns. It took us quite a lot of convincing that it wasn't really a pumpkin, just pepperoni pizza. Finally, she said that she would eat some, just please take the Jack-o-lantern off and leave the pepperoni. She's a quick one I tell ya!

Here's Little Red Riding Hood skipping her way to through the woods. She likes to pose. I loved the red cape with the pointed hood made out of red corduroy lined with a sweet little floral print. The pattern was from the Martha Stewart Kids magazine from years ago. (Love those magazines. Wish that Ms. Martha still made them!) It was quick and easy to make although one instruction made it so a seam was showing in the hood. I had to really think about how to make it not show. It was simple solution. I laughed at myself for taking so long to figure it out. Under the cape, she wore her old Dorothy dress I made two years ago. There was no fooling anyone though. They were confused at why Dorothy was wearing a red cape. Oh well. I thought she looked cute and she skipped everywhere she went just like Little Red.

Guess who picked out Jake's costume this year??? Can you guess?? He was too excited about his "commando suit with digitally printed camo and fake muscles!". He loved it and that is what really matters.

And this little bear was wondering why he got woken up early from his long afternoon nap. And why did mom insist on drawing on his nose? And why does mom want me to sit here?? These pictures remind me of Jake in this same costume. He wouldn't sit long enough for me to get a picture. The only difference from Sam and Jake was that Jake needed his binky and Sam need to hold candy.

Trick-or-treating is always a hit. The weather was perfect!! I can't remember a single Halloween that we could just wear our costumes without the rest of our winter gear. It was really pleasant.

The kids and their loot.

Sam figured out quickly that they were handing out candy but only went to every 5th house. Not because he didn't want more, he was just too busy eating it. He came home with less than five pieces of candy in his little Spider bucket.

The kids and I snuggled in to watch "Nightmare Before Christmas" and we went to bed late happy, warm and just a bit sticky.