Monday, November 10, 2008

#6 Favorite Memory From Fall 2008

#6 Halloween!

The best treat we got this Halloween was having both grandmas and grandpas with us this year!! (They actually came for Sarah's baptism, which happened to be the next day.)
Dad got lots of laughs when he put on his costume shortly after arriving! We had a fabulous dinner (if I do say so myself) of "skinned monster toes" (pigs in a blanket), brains (mini meatloaves), "monster jaws" (acorn squash), and more gruesome treats. I made lots of comfort foods and assigned Sarah to think of good Halloween names for each dish. She did an awesome job! The girls got a special treat this year - trick or treating with grandma and daddy! The weather was so warm and thankfully dry, the girls went farther than they've ever gone before and came home with more candy than they'll ever need.

Angela changed her mind at the last minute and put on a witch's hat to match her sisters for trick or treating. Luckily, I bought an extra at the dollar store. Notice even in her Halloween costume, Natalie insists on rolling up her pants.
This pumpkin Sarah carved (all by herself), was the largest of our "non-rotted" pumpkins that survived.
This was our new decoration for this year. Natalie and Angela helped make the spider, it turned out pretty cute.

This itty bitty pumpkin stood about 5 inches high. (o:

Angela dressed up as Twilight this year! After I put on her nose and whiskers she was ready to role play. She pointed to the litter box and asked, "Now I go potty in there?" Wow - she really wanted to get into her role. Yikes!

Scary, I know. This was my costume for the adult Halloween party I went to - costumes were mandatory. It was fun to attend the adult party. Some of the other costumes were really good - including a Frankenstein that was about 10 feet tall! He won all the votes for the best costume.

1 comment:

Wendy Ashton said...

Ya know....I had to look at the halloween pic of you 3 times...and I still don't think it looks like you. You did a great job! I hope it was fun!