HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Every year for Halloween we load everyone up and head up to our Church's parking lot for our annual "Trunk or Treat" and "Chilli cookoff".

We park our cars in a giant semi circle with the trunks facing inward and the kids go round and round till all the candy is gone. In the center are tables and chairs set up with all the Chilli and cornbread that folks have brought. There are awards for the best Chilli, cornbread, costumes and trunks. And we generally have a good time along with bringing home literally a TON of candy and goodies, due to the fact that we have 4 kids going around....next year I think I'll just bring a wheelbarrow!

Here's a few pics of the kids in their costumes...sorry I didn't take any more, just got too busy handing out treats or taking Lance around.



I'm not sure what Brendan thinks he can get out of this Jack 'O Lantern but he's prepared anyway!



















Kristen wanted to be "Pocahontas", but I wasn't willing to shell out $40 for a costume, so I found some "Indian" print fabric and fringe and made it myself...shocker I know...but it actually turned out pretty well, I think.












Ever the princess, Mackenzie wanted to be Ariel...the mermaid. Again, I wasn't about to pay the horrible prices, so found some scale like shimmery fabric and made the skirt...fin and all. The top was just from the dollar store and "voila"...a mermaid. I might just have to take another picture tomorrow...cause this one just doesn't do the skirt justice.




Lance received some Pirate costume stuff for his birthday and with a little coaching from Brendan on how a Pirate says,..."Aaaaargh", he was game. So thankful for that thoughtful gift cause I really had NO IDEA what he was going to be for Halloween....Thanks Melissa!








This is a special one.
And deserves a little explanation...when I was little, probably more like Lance's age I had a Tiger costume. I remember wearing it for a few years and how my mom painted the whiskers on my cheeks and made my nose like a cat. I LOVED that costume and was very sad when I grew out of it. I remember the last year that I wore it, it was so tight on me, everything was stretched to the point of almost breaking the seams and I had to walk very carefully to each door.
So needless to say when I saw this costume a few years ago in an after Halloween sale at something like 70% off making it only a few dollars I COULDN'T pass it up. I figured some child of mine would be able to wear it. Lots of fond memories.