Here's the Halloween low down for our little family. Kaitlyn has been really into Mary Poppins (can you blame her?) and decided that's what she wanted to be this year. Ryan decided early on that he wanted to be Spider-man, but that lasted less than a week and then he wanted to be a firefighter again this year. Easy for me and it made him happy. My grandparents got him this fire fighter outfit with a fire truck for his 3rd birthday and he's definitely gotten his money's worth out of it. Ryan's Pop Pop was a DC fire fighter back in the day and loves that Ryan wants to follow in his great grandfather's footsteps. Kaitlyn and I picked out a plain back hat from E-Mart about 6 weeks ago and stashed it in the hat basket, only to be taken out on Halloween afternoon, of course. Last week, I picked up the flowers and berries (stashed those as well) and we hot glued them to ribbon and wrapped it around the hat. I threw together a simple black skirt with some extra material, made a little bow tie, and we scavenged our wardrobes for something that would work. We came up with a shirt, tights, and shoes from hers and a jacket and purse from mine. Nothing like having a great idea for a couple of months, but waiting until the last minute to pull it together. :)
I wish I had a better picture from behind her. This one has Ryan's hat, but you can see how Kaitlyn totally pulled off the Mary Poppins look. She looked just like a mini Mary from behind.
We visited a very haunted house and went to the Officer's Club for Kids' Membership Night and a costume contest. Here's the kids on stage modeling their outfits.
Kaitlyn ended up winning 1st place for her costume in the 3-8 age group. She was so proud of herself!
Each participant got a participation prize, including 3 Dum Dums and a pack of 3 crayons. You can see Ryan was not only super proud of himself, but that he was also lightning quick in unwrapping all three suckers and putting them in his mouth at the same time. Personally, I think he was most proud of getting them all in there before I noticed and ruined his fun. :)
She yelled, through clenched teeth, "I WON!!!!" Not only is she proud of her costume, but she is also very proud of the lolly pop stick trick she can do now that she has finally lost her first tooth.
Halloween is always an exhausting night for my little ones. Apparently for their daddy as well. Or maybe that's just his job. :) They fell asleep together talking after they finished reading books. Hope your Halloween was ghoulishly, horrifically, terrific!
