It’s Halloween time again. Its not my favorite holiday, but I try to be a good sport. Making costumes is what makes it exciting for me… oh, and eating my kids candy.
The kids had the day off of school. I don’t know how I feel about that. I mean, by definition it is a Holiday. But I don’t think it ranks up there with Easter, or Thanksgiving, or certainly not Christmas! I would place it in the Valentines day and Grandparents Day category. But that’s just me.
This year the boys wanted to dress as “Where’s Waldo” characters. They are mildly obsessed with the books. Grant was Waldo and Jefferson was Odlaw
We had someone say they loved Grant’s “Harry Potter costume,” and another said Jefferson made a “cute bumblebee.” WHAT?
What do you think?
Do their costumes resemble these….
Or these?…. 
Okay, maybe it’s a close call with the bumblebee.
Luckily, it was unmistakable that Kennedy was an elephant…. the cute squeezable kind. 
Don’t confuse her with the other flying elephant.
And Reagan was Little Red Riding Hood. After the costume was made she insisted on being Cinderella. I think she inherited my indecisiveness. 
On Saturday we had trunk-or-treat at church. I grabbed a shirt from our costume box…. and Shawn was even more creative by wearing his white coat. We’re awesome!
Monday night we spent at our friends, the Burkhardt’s, carving pumpkins. The kids had fun gutting the pumpkins, but lost interest when it came to carving.
This was the first year we attempted to carve an actual design in our pumpkin. It was super hard, and I respect all those detailed pumpkins now. Ours is the witch.
Halloween night we went out with our neighborhood friends…
You would think trick-or-treating was torturing Grant.
Me, perhaps a little too excited.
The kids got really excited when the fire truck came through the neighborhood and stopped to give away candy.
We came home with an ABSURD amount of candy… and bags full of cotton candy! 
Kennedy didn’t want to be left out…
The boys took out a few favorites, and left the rest for the Switch Witch. At the last minute, Reagan decided to leave out her candy too.
So, all of our Halloween candy is gone, and the boys have a new Lego set. I love the Switch Witch!
I just realized something. This post is really long… as long as an Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas post. Maybe Halloween is a bigger holiday than I originally thought. and maybe having the day off school was fitting.
We hope you had a fun Halloween!
5 comments:
What great fun, for a less than desirable holiday-- I think you're fooling yourself! Did Reagan trick or treat with the Longaberger basket?
I LOVE the where's waldo costumes!! Exact replicas. I think people don't love/know the books like we do?? Cade bought cousins some for our Christmas book exchange a previous year and they were like "what the heck are these, they aren't super hero books" Lame. Where's waldo is awesome!!! Your flying elephant picture is stinkin cute. AND love love the Red Riding hood costume as well. Wish I had your talent (um, I should say, I wish I had your drive too, I am too lazy to attempt such awesomeness). Glad you had a good halloween on the East Coast. Gives me hope for our future;)
Amazing costumes! And that flying elephant, definitely cute and squeezable!
wait...what is the switch witch!!??
i have never heard of this person. how does she work?
also, love the costumes! totally knew what jefferson and grants costumes were. I used to love "where's waldo" as a kid.
All the costumes are amazing! I love that Reagan's costumes are always so frilly and girly. And you're photography is fabulous, as always.
The Switch Witch came to our house also. She took all the kids' candy and left a small toy for each. Now everybody's happy. Thank you so much for introducing us to her.
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