I sure got away easy this Halloween. Last year, I made costumes the morning of and it took me most of the day (they were pretty cute though). This year for some reason after ruling out that I didn't have it in me right now to make a full blown Civil War Period costume, the kids costumes were really easy. K found a darling Ladybug accessory kit for a costume (at 50% off even). She wore all black and added the accessories.. done! C found a "bandit" accessory kit and added his jeans, picked out a green shirt, wore a vest that Grammy made awhile back...done! , J just wanted me to cut his costume from last year into wide strips in the front, wore some black pants and a black shirt. We found a very inexpensive but cool ninja sword and he called himself a Spartan...done! This season it truly was about the accessories.
I wish I took more pictures but I did get a group one of the neighbors that we have gone with for the last couple of years. Notice how K is bending down a little bit in the background. She has grown another inch in the past few months and I think she is at least 5'6". J has grown alot too and comes to my chin now. Crazy growing kids!
We had the neighbors over for dinner and we had a make your own "ghost" pizza party. I found these really cute whole wheat mini-wraps shaped like ghosts. I had all sorts of toppings so they could make their own pizzas. We also had creamy tomato soup and salad. Pretty yummy and I tried to stay healthy knowing how much candy was yet to be consumed! It is always hard after the kids come home with so much candy. It seems that the candy is constantly on their minds. This year we did something different (an idea that our neighbor uses) the kids sold their bags of candy to P to take to work. The price was very minimal (small star wars guy, extra time to stay up on the weekends, I can't remember who chose what). Now it is gone and I don't have to be tempted by it and the kids don't think about it. Yahoo!
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Yay -- another post! Those were nice and easy costumes. How nice that it was easy and the kids were pleased -- that's the best of both worlds. I thought that you were up north for Halloween -- did you book it down that day or get home the day before? I can't believe that K is 5'6" now! Wowee!
Great stories here, and even tho just the group shot picture, it is a very good picture! Love it!
So many great ideas here too. The party you had sounds like such fun with the ghost pizzas and healthy too! And selling the candy for different awards, brilliant! Wonder what happens to it when Paul takes it to work. Do they give it to underprivileged children? ha ha!
Love the nifty costume stories too, glad I checked in!
Now how did I miss this post? AJ mentioned it this morning, otherwise I think I would have never seen it. The costumes are better than I ever came up with . . . they beat Raggedy Ann, Hobo, or Ghost, that's for sure. Well, the Raggedy Ann costume was cute, if I do say so myself! And what a great way to get rid of the candy. Remember Dr. Hardy saying you and your sister (I know S was, I think we may have just thrown you into that to get rid of the chocolate) were allergic to chocolate? TeeHee!
That's really smart to accessorize like you did! I see what you mean about those kids growing, they really are, and fast!!! Love the healthy make your own pizzas too. I'm going to start looking for those whole wheat crusts, probably not ghost shaped though.I remember my little kiddos were usually pirates or gypsy's on Halloween, as it was the easiest it seems. Smart move to get rid of the candy also.
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