Halloween Fun!

Finally, right? Hey, at least I did I shared these pictures before Thanksgiving. LOL

First, we started off the day but running out to get some last-minute hats. It was COLD this year. Don't you laugh, yankees! I was freezing... I'm freezing as I type this   ::shiver::

After we finally found the right one - chosen my Andrew and approved by Alex. Seriously. We had lunch at Zoe's. YUM! He is such a big kid, right?!

 Aren't these the cutest hats? I got them from The Children's Place. Andrew said it looked like a spooky ghost eye. The tag said monster hat... Fine with me for $6 a hat and had my super awesome coupon. Score. 

After the boys played and played until nap time, we had a cool Halloween snack. How fun are these chips I got at Target?! Andrew cracks me up though. He wouldn't eat the black ones. Silly boy.

 Time for Trick or Treating!!

How cute - er, I mean spooky, of course, are these little ghosts?!

So much fun!!

 Back with their stash! Let me tell you...this was awesome. I love our neighborhood. The bucket, you can see, are different from the buckets in the pics above. That is because we have an awesome older couple who had special buckets for their favorite kids! How cool are they?! And the pumpkin guy and Dracula? Those are from another neighbor who says this is her favorite holiday and loves making it special for each trick-or-treater. SO COOL! Thank, neighbors! You rock! 

Now you are probably wondering by now, why Jason and I are not anywhere to be found in these pictures. Well, I had to take them all because my hubby was working hard on a business trip all that week :( We missed him so much!! But, he didn't miss Halloween because we had a special treat for him when he got home!!

 All of Daddy's favorite goodies! Kit-Kats, Reece's, Smarties, and Twix are in the container. Jalapeno Cheetos. And, of course, Dr. Pepper Ten.

And, hello, he needs a trick-or-treat bag, right? ;) 

We hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! Now it is time for the holiday planning to begin!

Have you started playing Christmas music? I think I'm going to start it next week :)

Who Am I?

Last Wednesday was a day full of costumes. Actually, these guys play "dress up" a lot. But, I think because we were headed to a Halloween party where they were going to try out their costumes that I made. Here are some pictures of the fun leading up to the party:

 

Alex and Andrew dressed as firemen. It cracks me up that Andrew refuses to wear the yellow fire hat. He says they wear red ones. Yet, we got black ones from the fire station when we visited. So, I don't know. Isn't that funny? 

Now here (from the top left, going clockwise), Andrew is a construction worker. Alex is a police man - complete with his sheriff's star. Then, Andrew decides to go exploring. While exploring, he found his engineer hat (thanks Grandpa Dave!) and start diving his train. Alex takes a peek through the binoculars, but find nothing interesting so hands them back to Andrew -- who found the triangle! "DINNER!!!!!!!"

Now who is ready to see the 2 most adorable --- er, spooky ghosts EVER?! 

 AHHHH!!!! Are they not the cutest?! Sorry, but they SO are!

 I LOVE IT!!!

And! HA! No one confused them for angels... We were going to the Church for the potluck, so ya know. But, we saw Father W pop in for a bit to say hi and he even said "spooky ghosts!" 

Andrew kept his on the whole time. Alex was over it after I took pictures. I have to altar his a bit, as you can see from the picture. It was tricky to figure out the ghost costumes without having stuff over their heads - too dangerous for toddlers in my opinion. But, I saw this tutorial and made it my own. It's a no-sew pattern, but with as much as they are going to wear them I chose to sew it for extra toddler-strength. 

So, what are you kids going to be for Halloween??

Want to know how we stock our dress up box? Wait a few days after Halloween and get those cheap-o costumes on clearance!! That fireman jacket (came with the yellow fire hat) was $3 when I got it last year - 70% off!! That was day 3 after Halloween. And it is a NICE hat - hard, hard plastic. We also find stuff in the dollar spot (the red fire hat, police hat, and construction hat - all $1) and in the party favor section (pirate eye patches, sunglasses, etc - packs of #s for $2 or so). I also try to get random fun items at consignment sales. Like the vest for $2 (from Andrew's costume last year - he was Dino Dan) Cheap fun!

Any secrets to stocking your dress up clothes?

Happy Halloween!!

Turn up the speakers! Enjoy the music!


Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!!