Happy Halloween! We had a great Halloween this year. Emily had a blast Trick or Treating for the first time and Colby liked playing in the pumpkin guts as we carved our pumpkins.
This year Emily was a pretty butterfly and Colby was a little puppy. I made Emily's costume except for the wings and I got them pretty cheap at the party store. I had planned to make Colby's costume too but the pattern for the costume cost as much as buying the already made costume. I decided to just buy it and save myself all of the work of making it. I think they both looked really cute in their costumes.
Colby was nice and toasty in his puppy suit which was great for Trick or Treating. Emily loved her butterfly costume and asked me everyday if it was Halloween and time for Trick or Treat so she could wear her butterfly wings. We had a hard time deciding what to be this year for Halloween. We thought about the Wizard of Oz (Russell-Tin Man, Tiffany-Scarecrow, Emily-Dorthy, Colby-Lion), and Tangled (Russell-Flynn Rider, Tiffany-Mother Gothel, Emily-Rapunzel, Colby-Pascal). Finally we decided to go easy this year and just have our own costumes.I made a few Halloween crafts this year with Emily's help.
Emily and I made the little Jack-O-Lanterns out of toilet paper and orange tissue paper. We also made the candy corn tree (sorry the picture is sideways) with the help of Terral. I also made Colby this really cute Frankenstein trick or treat bag. I love how it turned out and Colby held onto it all Halloween night. Finally my mom and I made these fun fabric pumpkins. They are filled with fluff and cloves to make them smell really good. I think I can use these for Thanksgiving decorations also.
Emily and I made the little Jack-O-Lanterns out of toilet paper and orange tissue paper. We also made the candy corn tree (sorry the picture is sideways) with the help of Terral. I also made Colby this really cute Frankenstein trick or treat bag. I love how it turned out and Colby held onto it all Halloween night. Finally my mom and I made these fun fabric pumpkins. They are filled with fluff and cloves to make them smell really good. I think I can use these for Thanksgiving decorations also.We also had some really good Halloween food this year:
As you can see the kids were really excited about Halloween this year. Colby was equip with his Jack-O-Lantern Binky, and Emily practised by playing dress up every day. Here she is modeling her pretty Rapunzel hair.
I made Candy Corn cupcakes for my work on Halloween. They were colored yellow and orange with white icing to make them look like candy corns. They didn't really turn out as I imaged but they were still really good. Next we made Mummy Dogs out of hot dogs and crescent rolls. Hot dogs are always a hit at our house. We also made Mummy Pizzas with string cheese. Emily loved these and even helped me decorate then with cheese. She has requested these mini pizzas for dinner ever since. Finally, the grossest looking meal of all, Worms on a Bun. This meal is actually sliced hot dog in barbecue sauce but it looks like worms. It was also a big hit with Emily.
And of course we had our traditional Pumpkin Waffles for breakfast on Sunday. These are sooo good with maple syrup:
As you can see the kids were really excited about Halloween this year. Colby was equip with his Jack-O-Lantern Binky, and Emily practised by playing dress up every day. Here she is modeling her pretty Rapunzel hair.Everyone had fun carving our huge pumpkin Great-Grandpa and Grandma Maxwell gave Emily for her birthday. This is also the same pumpkin Emily and her friends had fun painting.
Colby was having fun carving his first pumpkin until we tried to put him inside the pumpkin. I thought it would be cool to get a picture of him in the big pumpkin but he did not like that idea at all. The moment Russell stood him up in the pumpkin, he started screaming. I don't think he liked the cold wet pumpkin on his bare feet. I still think it is a cool picture!
And here is our finished pumpkin. It looks kind of funny but aren't pumpkins supposed to look funny? The littler pumpkin we carved for our traditional Halloween dinner that night, Dinner in a Pumpkin. We had Russell's family over to our house for dinner then took the kids Trick or Treating around our neighborhood.
Look at all the fun costumes! Paul was Captain America, Alex was a pirate, and Aunt Traci was Little Red Riding Hood. The kids had a blast running from house to house trick or treating.
It was so fun to watch the excitement on the kids faces as they gathered all of their candy. They acted like they had never had candy in their lives. They ran from house to house and would continuously knock on every door until someone answered. Then either Paul or Alex would open the screen door for the person because they couldn't wait any longer. When they saw the bowls of candy they all dived right in and grabbed handfuls. Then we would have to remind them to just take one and they would put some back. After each house they ran to us screaming and showing us what kind of candy they just got before heading to the next house. I was more entertained watching their expressions than anything. Emily came home with a killing.
Emily was not scared to dig into the pumpkin guts this year like she was last year. She had to stand up in order to dig out the guts of the big pumpkin. Colby liked carving but he mostly liked ripping and rattling the newspaper I put down to protect the counter top. His hands were black from ink by the time we were done. Russell tried to gross us out but squishing the guts in his hands and then attempting to eat it. Then Emily started yelling when Russell tried to wipe his yucky hands on her!
Colby was having fun carving his first pumpkin until we tried to put him inside the pumpkin. I thought it would be cool to get a picture of him in the big pumpkin but he did not like that idea at all. The moment Russell stood him up in the pumpkin, he started screaming. I don't think he liked the cold wet pumpkin on his bare feet. I still think it is a cool picture!
And here is our finished pumpkin. It looks kind of funny but aren't pumpkins supposed to look funny? The littler pumpkin we carved for our traditional Halloween dinner that night, Dinner in a Pumpkin. We had Russell's family over to our house for dinner then took the kids Trick or Treating around our neighborhood.
Look at all the fun costumes! Paul was Captain America, Alex was a pirate, and Aunt Traci was Little Red Riding Hood. The kids had a blast running from house to house trick or treating.
It was so fun to watch the excitement on the kids faces as they gathered all of their candy. They acted like they had never had candy in their lives. They ran from house to house and would continuously knock on every door until someone answered. Then either Paul or Alex would open the screen door for the person because they couldn't wait any longer. When they saw the bowls of candy they all dived right in and grabbed handfuls. Then we would have to remind them to just take one and they would put some back. After each house they ran to us screaming and showing us what kind of candy they just got before heading to the next house. I was more entertained watching their expressions than anything. Emily came home with a killing.What a fun holiday! Happy Halloween everyone!
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