We tried to make the boys' hair dark to match their Angry Birds costumes. It kind of worked.
But not real well. They will be dark like their daddy someday, but it wasn't going to be this day.
We sprayed glitter into Rebekah's hair to go with her princess costume, but it didn't show up against her blond hair in the picture.
Daniel's too old for Halloween parades in middle school, so he went to school with his costume and took care of everything all on his own. It was a pretty easy costume so I knew he would be fine. Nathan's costume was the same, so I left him to it, too. And Leah's wasn't too involved, so I was grateful to let her take care of herself.
Rebekah's costume was a little more involved, so I had to help her get ready. I left Joseph and Sarah sitting on some chairs at the other end of the hallway. They were such good kids and each stayed on the chair I put them in for the 5-10 minutes I was out of sight.
Finally, the parade began. First came the youngest kids and when the first-graders came into view, we quickly found Rebekah. Yikes! This girl does not wear lipstick well! :) But such a cute princess anyway.
When Sarah first saw her big sister, she ran right up to her. It was very cute. And Rebekah made sure she went back to where she belonged.
Leah, ever thinking of horses, was a riding champ. We found this costume at DI a couple of years ago and have been holding on to it ever since. The little cowgirl in front of Leah is a best friend, Ariyah. She is just as bad over horses as Leah, if not worse!
Nathan was an Angry Bird. He just doesn't look very angry!
I had a giant spider web waiting for the kids when they got home. Joseph thought it was pretty fun. They had to climb through the bottom to get up the stairs to their bedrooms. It was fun until after dinner when it had to come down so Chad could put them to bed!
We (of course) had a Halloween dinner. It started like this.
And ended like this.
It needed more cheese. It also needed to cook a little longer. I guess it's lessons for next time! I thought it was yummy, but my kids don't really like meatloaf. I tasted good as a sandwich a few days later.In addition to the Mummy, we had swamp creatures out of mac 'n cheese. It didn't turn out exactly the way I'd hoped, but we were running out of time. Besides, it's mac 'n cheese; that's not really gourmet food.
We were finally done eating and ready to go out trick-or-treating! There was a trunk-or-treat at the church, but we rebelled against the mass candy this year and turned the night more personal. We picked particular places to visit and then headed home for our own special treat.
Here we are in our costumes (for the 3rd time). What a crazy looking bunch!
We had to go to Daniel's teacher's house. We had to drive to another town to do it. We hit four houses in that neighborhood, one of which was an old neighbor we'd known before we moved the last time. I was a little concerned with the realization that Daniel looked like a thug from the back!
Daniel's teacher came to the door to see who it was that she was supposed to recognize. I think that was a fun thing for Daniel. :)
It was quite a chore to get everyone in and out of the car. We can't do that without fighting...even on a night that we are getting candy!
Then we had to go to Joseph's Primary teacher's house. She was so good to make all the kids feel special when we got there. (Who doesn't like being made to feel special?)
From there, we had one last stop to make. A friend told us to come by her house a week or so before the big day, so we made sure to include that house. She gave the kids a piece of candy on the way in and on the way out...something that Joseph remembered even a few days later!
Then it was home to shed our costumes and warm up a bit. I'd made a cake with food tint...hoping it would be really crazy inside. I didn't get exactly what I'd imagined, but it was still fun. I figured a piece of cake would be better than a bucket-load of candy.
It took some time to wash all that grey paint off of Joseph's face. I think the boys didn't get a shower until Saturday (remember, Halloween was on a Monday) and they still saw the water turn black from their hair paint. Even after Rebekah's shower, I saw glitter in her hair. Whew! Halloween is a big job!
We have a year to recover...thankfully. :)
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