Halloween

What a fun Halloween for all of us this year. Like every year we try to make a fun costume for each of the kids. This year I saw these awesome Transformer outfits and also Cabbage Patch Kids ideas. So yes we were way busy making the costumes and having a great time.  All the kids were excited for each of their costumes. 

 For the girls, we designed Cabbage Patch kid costumes.  It was fun to see them be cute dolls. We knew we would be pushing Charlotte in the stroller as we went around Trick-or-Treating so we even made a doll box for her and put it over the stroller as part of the costume.  It was way cool. 

Charlotte was so ornery for these pictures and would not hold still. Charlotte was not too sure about the wig either. She kept pulling it off and throwing it.  Needless to say she was a hairless Cabbage Patch Baby for most of Halloween.  My favorite part of the costume was the box.  On the sign on the box we wrote, "Hi! My name is Charlotte and I am NOT adoptable!" 

 Emily loved showing off her costume as a Cabbage Patch Kid.  She loved the make up and wig.  At school everyone asked her what she was and when she told them, the kids seemed confused.  The teachers knew what she was though and everyone told her how cute she was.

Here are the two girls looking cuter then ever after the finish product.  Emily loves doing anything matching with Charlotte.  Charlotte just loves being around her sister.  I think they both turned out adorable.  

The boys' costumes took the longest to make as you can tell. They were Transformer cars that actually transformed from robots to cars. It was so awesome! They were able to lie down and stick their arms and head in the box to become the cars. It was fun to see them do it. Russell and I made a good team while getting them done. Together we designed the box function, Russell did all of the spray painting and I painted the details. What a fun project costumes that will go down in history of being the coolest ones yet.

Colby was the incredible Optimus Prime.  He loved his costume:

Here is the slide by slide of how Colby transformed into Optimus Prime. When he transformed the first time it was hard for him to stand up because he could not figure out how to stand up and transform out of the car back into a robot. Finally though he figured it out and kept practicing so it looked real.

Logan was his favorite Transformer, Bumble Bee.  

Here is Logan transforming into Bumble Bee Prime. He wanted to be just Bumble Bee, but we couldn't figure out how to make a car body out of boxes and still be function-able to walk in so we just made it like Colby's.  So we told him that we can try a Bumble Bee Prime and he was excited to be both.  Bumble Bee's transforming also took a little bit of practice but he soon got it.

Here they are transformed into there car figures and then back into the robot form.  I absolutely loved how these costumes turned out!  I love the detail work and I especially loved how the boys just wanted to live in their costumes because they loved them so much.

I loved the kids costumes but everyone complimented me on my costume as well:

Of course with all the Chemo and loosing my hair, I had a hard time deciding what I could be. Finally I decided to rock the bald head look by being GI Jane for Halloween.  It was a pretty simple costume of just Army fatigues and a shaved head.  You would not believe how many compliments and comments I received from this simple costume.  I knew I would never have a bald head again so I had to show it off even for one day.  

Here we all are in our costumes for Halloween.  Unfortunately Russell had to work on Halloween so he didn't get a costume.  (Well I guess he was a Fire Fighter for Halloween.)  This picture was take at the Elementary School after a fun day of Halloween parties, a costume parade, and a flash mob dance on the playground.

We also did a few other fun activities leading up to Halloween.  First we had a neighborhood carnival at the Norgren's.  We played games, ate snacks, and decorated sugar cookies.  Mostly though the adults had fun talking while the kids ran around and played.  It was a good time.

Next we also went to the Young Auto Trunk or Treat.  The kids enjoyed going around to all of the cars on the lot and getting candy or prizes.  The boys showed off their transforming skills whenever they were asked.  This guy with the race car thought they were the best costumes he had ever seen and asked to get a picture with them to show his family.  Everyone loved the girls' costumes as well and commented on how cute they were.

Of course no Halloween would be complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins for carving.  We were at the Bear Bottoms pumpkin patch until it was too dark to see trying to select the perfect pumpkins for our family.  We finally decided on six pumpkins, five to carve and one to eat.

The kids were able to carve and design their own pumpkins this year.  They didn't even complain about scraping out the guts they just dug in and got it done.  Charlotte loved playing in the pumpkin guts and even got her own spoon to help scrape out the seeds.  She thought that was the best.  

Each of the kids' pumpkins turned out so differently based on their personalities.  My favorite I think was Emily's pumpkin.  She had a lot of detail on hers from the glasses to the braces on its teeth.  Russell was trying to decide how to carve the pumpkin to look like Emily's drawing and this is what he came up with.  I think it turned out well.  I think they all turned out well. 

Carving pumpkins is probably these kids favorite thing to do for Halloween.  I love seeing their creativity.

They also love Trick-or-Treating of course.  We were able to go trick-or-treating to most of the houses in our neighborhood before it got too dark and cold.  I couldn't show off my bald head for my costume because I was getting a brain freeze so I had to put on a beanie.  That is one bad thing about no hair, your head gets cold!  We went around with our friends the Checketts and the Maxfields.  The kids had a great time running from house to house.   When we got home, Grandma and Grandpa Morwood were there to greet us.  This made the night even more fun for the kids.  Grandma and Grandpa came up to help us with the upcoming surgeries for Logan and me.  We have been so grateful for their help this year.

We have had a great Halloween this year.  Happy Halloween everyone!