Halloween 2017!

We had so much fun this year for Halloween.  Emily chose to go as Dorothy this year because she wanted some sparkley, red, high heel shoes :)  Andrew is really into the Lego Ninjago books now so he decided on Kai zx gold from the books (even though I begged him to go as the tin man!)  And I picked a lion for Jacob, because it coordinated with Dorothy and because he has a really great "ROAR!"

Jacob hated his costume, screamed whenever I put it on him...Until after our first tirck or treat, he quickly figured out the costume for candy deal!

We went to a few trick or treat activities this year.  We went to sorority row the Firday before Halloween.  Emily met some princesses there. And on Halloween, we went to the zoo and hit a few houses around our house!

The Bat Crew!

We had such a good Halloween this year!  Andrew decided months ago that he wanted to be Batman for Halloween and Emily decided on Batgirl.  It made me really happy that they chose coordinating costumes so Jacob got assigned Robin to complete the theme!  They get really excited about the costumes that I make for them (but I think I like it more than they do).  They got in lots of trick or treating, they went to 2 trick or treat events and Andrew even hit a few houses in the neighborhood, we will have candy for months around here!

Halloween fun

The kids helped me carve a pumpkin last Tuesday.  It is a good thing we weren't in town for Halloween because these jack-o-lanterns did not survive to see Halloween day, they were all moldy and got tossed before we left town on Friday.  But they were so fun to carve! Both kids were really excited about carving the pumpkins this year.  I cut them open and had them dig out the seeds, Emily dug right in, Andrew was not too excited about touching the gooey pumpkin insides but he slowly plucked out some seeds.  They both told me they wanted a vampire pumpkin so the big pumpkin got carves with pointy vampire teeth.  They had disappeared on their bikes by the time I started carving the little pumpkin so I came up with that design, when they came back I was told that "they were supposed to both be vampires, not one vampire and one silly chipmunk"...oh well, next year maybe they will stick around!

On Halloween, we drove up to Milton for a Halloween party.  They had a bounce house which is where the kids spent pretty much the whole night, even in the rain.  They left with huge bags of candy and soaking wet costumes!