The kids feasted on jack-o-lantern sandwiches. Hayden couldn't believe his eyes...can this really be candy on my sandwich?
For the past month I have been saving Starbucks Frappuccino bottles so I could make these bottles of Halloween treats to pass out to teachers, friends and neighbors.
After Natalie came home from school, we got ready for some trick-or-treating fun! The local stores were passing out candy, so we got a head start before heading out the movies. We went to see Ratatouille, then went trick-or-treating in a local neighborhood (since our road doesn't get much foot traffic.)
Here 's the Disney gang: Cinderella, Sheriff Woody and Mickey Mouse!
On the way out the door, Natalie showed Dan the "fancy" jewelry I let her borrow. She told him "mom did a lot of finishing touches." I thought it was such a cute/funny thing to come out of her mouth.
I was so glad Hayden had a nice long nap today and actually didn't mind wearing the gloves and hood. A few days ago he would have nothing to do with them. I guess it can be challenging to use "cartoon hands!"
I was so excited to find this costume on sale at the Disney store for Zander. For the past year he has been wearing his old Woody costume which has been too small from the get go. It rides up in places where cowboys don't like it to and the sleeves and legs were way too short. Last year's Woody costume was all one piece. This year he got a much nicer costume with boots, a bandanna scarf, a holster for his gun, a sheriff's badge, a belt buckle a vest...and a hat. It's a size 7, so he should get many more dress up days out of it.
The kids had fun trick or treating in the shopping center. Our Papa Murphy's pizza was giving out mini tubs of cookie dough and McDonald's was giving out bags of cookies.
We got our picture taken at Damascus Chamber of Commerce.
While out trick or treating, we ran into our neighbor Clare. The other picture was taken at Ryan and Sarah's house.
Natalie and Zander fell asleep on the way home. I got them in bed and brushed their teeth while they were still sleeping...and they didn't even wake up!
4 comments:
Holy Moly Alyssa! You are the most creative, detailed person I think I know! I admire you.
I can barely keep up. I give it an honest try though. :-)
I love the Jack-o-lantern sammies! So so cute!
Oh and those Frapp. bottles-love those too! What a fantastic idea! You could do so much with that! I love the little tags you made, just the whole thing actually! I'll be you made your friends/family feel so so special.
You are so thoughtful.
Glad to see Zander got a new Woody costume! ha! Your kiddos looked great. Hayden made such a cute Mickey Mouse! I love this time of year. My boys were spidermen and Hailey was a cheerleader. My Mom picked up the costumes this year. I thought that was nice. They can get spendy.
I didn't know that McD's and Papa Murphy's handed that fun stuff out! Good to know!
You're right... Costumes are spendy! I remember growing up our costumes were some kind of vinyl smock that tied in the back with a plastic mask (I think this was the case for my Strawberry Shortcake and Holy Hobbie costumes anyway.) Nowadays they are so much more sophisticated and costly. I use the money I get from consigning baby clothes toward them, but now that I am outfitting 3 kids...it's just not enough $$$. Fortunately, this year I ran into the Disney store and they were 40% off, plus I had a 15% off coupon, so I didn't do too badly.
that's great! Good idea on the consignment store!
They are all %50 off today at target. Of course the fireman costume we got wont wait until next year, it is already in the dress up box.
The kids look so cute, and I am also glad that Woody has a bigger costume now, the old one always looked rather painful and just wrong! ;-)
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