Halloween

This Halloween went over a lot better than last year's Halloween.

All of the children were happy to wear their costumes. :)

We had a wonderful evening and got way too much candy!! 

Pumpkin carving and scooping lasted all of a few minutes with the kids!!

Madelin dug out a bit of pumpkin "guts" and Anders wanted nothing to do with it.

Little Miss didn't really get too into it either.

 Here is a lovely picture of our bumblebee, goldfish and Buzz Lightyear before going to Boo at the Zoo.

Now here we have another lovely picture of the "trio," yes, the "trio!"

Notice the bumblebee laid flat out on the ground (Anders and Madelin are trying to cheer her up)??

Somebody was a little uncooperative! ;)

Anders sporting his "handmade by momma" jet-pack and wings (made with craft paint and cardboard).

The "Buzz Lightyear" costume alone just wasn't doing it for me.

And a happy "Buzz" from the front.

I spray-painted an old pair of Madelin's shoes yellow (Joann's didn't have orange) and also added some sparkly spray paint. Do you like how the socks match the shoes? Nice, huh? ;)

They look slightly ghetto in this picture but looked pretty cute with the costume.

Madelin's list of all of her loot. :)

 

Bags for all the Loot

Candy, that is, not money!! ;)

 

Back in the day when this bunny was little, I made her a trick-or-treat bag.

I figured it was time to make one for Anders and have one on hand when Kate got older.

 



When I originally made Madelin's, I stuffed the candy corn with stuffing.

To make hers look more like Anders' and Kate's I took out the stuffing and trimmed it down a bit.

 



 

Anders had the choice of a bat or a spider.

He chose a bat and later asked, "Where is the spider?"

"Sorry, Homey, one creature is all you get!"

 

And a pumpkin for our sweet little Kate. :)

 

Madelin's plan this year is to fill the bag to the top!!

Pretty sure that isn't going to happen, as we would be out ALL NIGHT LONG!

Pumpkin Art

A carved pumpkin, painted pumpkins, a pumpkin family and a pumpkin gift for Madelin's teacher...

Chris (he doesn't usually dress-up for carving pumpkins, it was a Sunday :)) and the kids getting ready to carve "the big one."

The kids (no, that's not Kate, that's the neighbor girl) painting their pumpkins. Thanks to the neighbor girl Kate's was painted, too! :)

Mad's work of art.

back row: Super-Madelin, Chris (the jack-o-lantern)

front row: Kate, Anders, Madelin and yes, I am the warty one!!! This is the gift for Mad's teacher. I found it here and had to make it. Minus the candy, everything was already in my house...wire, craft paint and a cleaned out salsa jar. Score!

Super-Madelin, Not-So-Super-Anders and a Sweet Little Leopard

Dressing up three kids for Halloween is quite a feat, especially if two of them are not having it at all! Thus, is the case in the picture below.

Weeks ago Madelin wanted to be a cheerleader then decided on a super-hero. And I thought what a great idea (two easy costumes to make)...Anders can be one too because he refers to himself as "Super-Anders" and can be heard running around the house saying "...to the rescue!" And thanks to my mom, Kate was decked out in leopard gear.

Kate and Anders were not digging this whole dressing up thing! God bless 'em!! And don't you like how Mad and I are just smiling through it all? Madelin and her super-hero pose...work it girl! Star shirt and mask (I don't quite have the mask making skills mastered!) compliments of mom. Super-Madelin cape compliments of mom. Anders preferred Shrek over trick-or-treating, fine by me...less candy for me to eat! ;) He didn't want to wear his handmade-my-mom lightning bolt shirt or this... Maybe next year he will wear his "A" cape.

Love it!!!!!

How sweet is that! :)