Halloween

It is finally cold enough to get the wood stove going. I was so excited to start a fire this morning...and it feels soooo good to have that warm heat radiating in the bones. Elsa has officially claimed her spot for the next 5 months. She literally did not move from this spot the entire morning.

The kids had a packed weekend. The kids started it all of for me on Thursday by all making changes to their costumes. Leah was originally going to be a giraffe and Bay the Transformer character, Bumblebee. As you can see, they changed their minds. Leah has a ton of costumes and dress up clothes, so her change of mind was easy. Bay's was a bit more involved, but I was able to use a pattern from another costume to create the basic yellow suit and improvised for the rest. He did get his head shaved for the bald effect. He wanted it TOTALLY shaved, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that!
In case you can't figure it out,
Eric is Billy the Mechanic
Bay is Ang, the last Airbender (from this show which our family loves!)
Leah is Tiger Lily (from Peter Pan)


Quick visit with Granni

Dennis thought up our costume this year.

We're M&M's. I am plain and he's with nuts.

We went to a birthday party for our friend, Sam. He was born on Halloween 3 years ago, so he will alway get to enjoy quite a Halloween party! Naturally, everyone dressed up. The kids painted pumpkins, had a pumpkin hunt, and ate scary food :)

On Sunday, we went to a festival at the church we have been attending. The kids had a great time. Eric helped out with the fire-pit and cooking hot dogs for the younger children. Bay and Leah enjoyed themselves playing games for candy and prizes. They had trunk-or-treating and bounce houses.

The only thing we forgot to do this year.....carve our pumpkins!!!! Guess we'll do it after the fact!

Halloween 2009

We had a fun Halloween...the post is a little late, sorry.
The pumpkin carving this year was fun. The pumpkin designs are, from left to right, Eric's, Leah's (original hand drawn design on her pumpkin), Bay's, Bay's again (the white one doing the scream) and then Leah's white one is last, with tears. The whole time they were carving and pulling out seeds, etc., Leah kept quoting from Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin, "You didn't tell me they were going to kill it!"

We were invited to a costume party for a friends' son's birthday, so Dennis and I dressed up as Mr. Clean and his wife ;)

Leah in her poodle costume that I made months ago! She is holding her tail around the front so you can see it.

Bay as Wolverine

and Eric as Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe ninja)