Happy Halloween...a day late!

Halloween is such a funny holiday I think! Do you sometimes feel a little embarrassed taking your kids to the door to beg for candy?! You get over it, but it is always in the back of my mind wondering how we came up with this funny holiday. I do enjoy it though! And, I know my kids LOVE it! They had such a blast yesterday. They loved wearing their costumes, and didn't want them off. They loved running to the doors and getting candy! Sydney was hilarious! She would have to have a candy in both hands. If they only gave her one, she would try and reach for more so that she had one in each hand. If they let her pick, she would reach both hands into the bowl! I had to keep telling her, "no, no, Syd, just one!" It was funny though! She loved it! Brevan did too, he couldn't wait to say "Trick or treat", and at times he was almost ready to open the door for the people! It was so funny! He had a lot of fun too! We went over to Glenwood and went with their cousins. They had a lot of fun, and they all looked so cute! Here are some pictures of them in their costumes. Brevan had to be a "green dinosaur!" Sydney was the cutest little elephant, and Madisyn was a darling ladybug! We should of found a bear costume for her because she is always growling, but anyways.. here are some pics!

My dad always dresses up on Halloween and then vists clients and friends. This year he found this headless butler costume hat was pretty cool. the shoulders blew up to the top of his head, then his head was the neck! The shirt came up to his eyes, and then it was a meshy material so he could see! Then he carried around this fake head! He went and borrowed this car so that people wouldn't know who he was! The kids loved it. They weren't sure of him at first, but then they realized it was Grandpa and he was dressed up like them! They of course loved the car too. This pic doesn't do the costume justice, but it was pretty funny!!

We also carved pumkins a few nights ago, here are some pics of those too. The kids wanted nothing to do with digging their hands into the slimy middles! They just watched us from afar, but loved the finished products! Last night we got home, and as Brett and I were getting into bed I asked him if we should bring in the pumpkins. We decided to risk it and leave them out. About 15 minutes later, I hear a big "SMASH!" Well, needless to say, they left our scarecrow and the little one we didn't carve, but they smashed our Frankenstein and took my big pumpkin that we didn't carve so that I could use it for a Thanksgiving decoration. I have a turkey that I put on it! Anyways, Brevan was so upset when he saw it this morning. He started crying and said "Mom, the deer ate our pumpkins!" He had overheard me and ShaVon talking about her pumpkins and the deer that had eaten the faces out of them! It was kind of funny, but then I had to tell him that it wasn't the deer! He was upset after that! He felt so bad that people could be so mean to take his pumpkins. I tried to turn it into a lesson that sometimes we don't like what others do to us, but we need to always be nice and never do that to others. I don't know how well that worked, but hopefully he won't do it to others when he gets older!