Halloween 2011

Each year the holidays with kids gets better and better!  Our costumes got a ton of use this year with three separate parties and trick or treating.

1st Party
Summer 2010 Babies party plus siblings

The start of the party with 7 out of 9 babies in birth order from L to R

Here's at the end of the party with 8 out of 9 babies- minus some costumes

Here's what it looks like when you try to get that many one year olds to hold still- there was candy corn bribery involved in the other shots!

Charlotte's costume was a real challenge this year.  She actually had an opinion instead of just letting me have my merry way.  Approximately every two minutes she would change her mind. 

The time line:

• Beginning of September buy cheap red tutu and wings- "Don't you want to be ladybug girl?" "No, I no like it." (She does wear them at least once a day but apparently it was NOT Halloween costume worthy.)
• End of September "I wanna be Sleeping Booty!"
• Try to borrow a gorgeous Sleeping Beauty Dress
•  It's too long
• Look at pattern- decide it's not worth giving up every nap time in October to make it.
•  "I wanna be Cinderella!  Night and day it's Cinderella!"
• Find easy Cinderella tutorial online- almost make it
• Friend Kelli offered her adorable homemade Snow White dress. 
• Try it on... drum roll "I wanna be Snow White!"
• Proceed to seal the deal by watching the movie in costume every day for a month while acting it out- especially the dancing and scared in the forest screaming

 I lived in constant fear I'd have to make Kelli a new one- but the dress survived intact. Snow White is also a rough and tumble girl- we should have made her a Snow White rag dress to wear the rest of the time...

Snow White skin and Snow White hair- I drew the line when she asked for brown hair.  She loved the dress- thanks for making Charlotte's month Kelli!

Olly inherited the bear costume and took it off every chance he could.

Event #2 Our friend Easton's birthday party

Abby the fairy- no relation to Sesame street- she was not a fan of the trampoline- unlike Snow White who spent a good portion of the party on there. 

She was a fan of the play house

Sorry Matt- this was the only picture in focus and Abby looks so happy I had to put it in!

Party #3 the tail end of the Church Trunk-or-Treat- we missed the chili and games but managed to make it to pass out candy

Auntie Kori pumpkin and cousin Spencer the train conductor

And the family shot- any guesses which dwarves we were?  With that many gnome hats lying around it was just too easy- even though I had to make a bigger hat for Matt- possibly the tallest dwarf ever!

The actual Halloween- trying to keep the kids inside between trick or treaters- by the end of the night I let them run around on the lawn and I brought the candy bowl out there since it was still so warm.

Charlotte shared a sucker with each baby- by the time I found them they'd already eaten through most of the wrappers- oh well it is Halloween right?

Best part of Halloween besides the costumes is actually getting to know your neighbors- this was our first time really trick-or-treating and we loved it!