Hallo-schmeen

Maybe it's because I can't sew, or I can't be creative enough, but I'm so over Halloween. And going door to door to beg for candy? Lame.

I'm being a real party pooper about Halloween, but it falls under the "doing it for the kids" category, so I go forward. This year we were in last minute status, so off to the thrift store we went. The only thing we found was a great jean skirt for Abby. So, here's how we pulled off Halloween very last minute and with me grumbling all the way.

I convinced Jacob to be Steve Urkel of Family Matters fame. I showed him a bunch of clips on You Tube of the tv show and how funny Urkel is. Jacob started doing the Urkel walk and talk and it was just so funny. So, we pulled that off. Jeans rolled up, white socks all the way up, a striped, collared shirt, red suspenders, big glasses with glasses holders, and the walk. He pulled it off great and everyone guessed right away who he was.

I also convinced Abby to do 80's pop star, because sadly, I have a bunch of stuff that works for the 80's. What can I say, I grew up in the 80's. So, we got her a jean skirt with sequins on it, she wore her pink glittery star wars shirt, leggings, cute polka dotted flat shoes, her hair in 3 random pony tails with pink dots sprayed in, blue eye makeup and glitter all over. She looked great!

Jackson is the recipient of saved Halloween costumes from Jacob. He was the pirate. It was black and white striped pants, pirate-ish shirt and all the pirate gear. He looked great and it was easy.

We had a fall festival at our church several days before Halloween, so they got to wear their costumes twice. On Halloween, we went down to Jeremy and Briana's neighborhood so the cousins could all trick-or-treat together. The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time.

Luckily I have a whole year to NOT think about Halloween again. (We didn't even carve pumpkins this year, much to David's dismay...oh well.)