halloween 2014

Leave it to good ole Kansas, to give us beautiful weather all week and then drop 20 degrees for the night of Halloween.  It was COLD.  I told the kids I'd pay them with candy if we could stay at home and do a pizza and movie night and stay warm.  But they weren't going for it. 

So off we went.

It takes us forEVER to trick-or-treat. As in, we started before 5, and got home at 9:30. Mostly because a handful of our stops involve going inside and visiting with a few dear friends and family.

This year we joined some friends for dinner and trick-or-treating in their neighborhood.  And then ended the night back in our neighborhood. 

The best part of this year was that no one needed mom to sew or create anything!  We aren't very good planner-aheaders.  So usually costumes are being created up until the final day.  Even last year when I had pneumonia I was sitting at the sewing machine the few days before Halloween. The finished products are always fun, but getting there is sometimes pretty time consuming.

Looking back at pictures from 2 years ago I realized they were very very similar in their choices.

So far my favorite costume choices they've done:

Tinkerbell and Peter Pan

Optimus Klein (for K-State's Collin Klein)

and the astronaut.

Here's a link if you'd like to check back and see them.

halloween 2013

 They picked Minnie Mouse and a an astronaut this year.  And Gavin didn't have a choice.  He wore the same costume Taylor wore for her 2nd birthday party and Halloween when she was 2.

Mason's costume was pretty fun to make.  Thanks to a sweet neighbor friend who found a cheap snowsuit at a 2nd hand store, she bought it for me so we'd have something to paint silver.

The hat was borrowed, the patches were printed on paper from online images and duct taped on, the boots were covered in duct tape and I found a tutorial online for the jet pack.

We attempted to go to one of the "Trunk or Treats" at a local church. Since I'm still not over my pneumonia, walking around was not an option for me.  But I'm pretty sure the entire town was in that parking lot, so we just drove on by and headed back to our own neighborhood to join our friends. Trick or treating is much more fun with friends anyway!

I was thankful to at least be able to leave the house, even if I sat in the car and followed them around. No complaints there.

 

 And just for fun, here's a peak back...

2008

2009

2010

2011

 2012

 I will say, I was quite sad about that little cow costume not being able to be pulled out this year.

And just like that...it's November.