Halloween (8 days later)

So seeing as how we had just moved and then just gotten back from vacation shortly before Halloween I was a little stressed about costumes....I have this hangup where I can't do store bought costumes and try not to do anything that other kids might be either. But this year we slipped a little. So sue me.

We also do this thing where the kids have one costume for school and pre-Halloween parties and another for trick or treating. Which means double the work of course. But I do try a little less for the school costumes.

We even went way low key this year for Tucker - he just wore an old Yoda costume out of the dress-up box. Duncan was a stick person and Dayton was a hippie. If there is actually out there reading this click on the pic to check out his afro. I was actually really proud of that part.

For the big night Tucker wanted to be rock/paper/scissors. I saw a picture online and decided it wouldn't be too hard to replicate. You can't see it in the small pic but his shirt has lines and holes drawn on it to make it look just like a sheet of notebook paper. I think it turned out pretty good!

Duncan picked Clark Kent - this one turned out super awesome I have to say - can you see the little curl of hair hanging down on his forehead? But not totally original. Again, we were going for simple this year.

Dayton was a viking - they had found a viking hat at a garage sale one summer so that was our inspiration. Throw in a quick trip to Hobby Lobby and ten minutes of work with scissors and a stapler and you have a viking. I think he looks great!

Ellie was so excited so be a little tutu flower. This one probably took the longest to make but it still wasn't too bad. I was worried about being able to find little green leggings the right color but then I found Yo Gabba Gabba (a show which I totally hate) jammies at Walmart for super cheap so I figured it was worth it just for the pants.

And poor Charlie was just a pumpkin - someone had given me this costume a couple of years ago and it is pretty cute so I went with it. He did a great job - it didn't bother him at all and he left the hat on all night. I feel guilty b/c he had such a non-costume last year too so next year I have to do something great.

We couldn't have asked for better weather on Halloween - sunshine and warm temps - hooray! Duncan was so good the first few houses and stayed back with Charlie and made sure to help him up all the stairs but it didn't last long. He wanted to be up ahead instead of at the back of the pack. Charlie really loved it...he didn't get tired at all and was willing to keep going as long as the big kids were. He even did a good job and leaving his candy in his little bucket.

Finally towards the end I let him have a sucker, which of course made him all sticky so he had to get in a tub when we got home but it worked out well since he just finished it in there.

Here are the boys checking out their loot - they got a pretty good haul, not to mention the full bags from earlier today when they all went trick or treating at Jeff's work. Ellie gave up a little earlier and she was already snuggled in our bed watching a show. It was weird since last year she outlasted everybody but who knows.