Halloween 16

We enjoy Halloween at our house- 

This is Ash- from Pokemon.

And Eeyore

And Link from Zelda

And Jojo-- from the circus!

Other moments of note:

A little Monkey discovered Mom's big shoes

She's our Girly-girl. Always dressing up!

This boy got to learn about picture re-takes this year.

"I DID smile!!" He said. 

We found the Doctor's banana from days gone by (days of yore?)

We also played with our awesome neighbors.

October

Let the picture purge continue!

In October we took a quick trip to Utah during the kids' fall break

We visited Nan and Papa. 

Why they must sit ON him, I'll never know.

Funny faces with Nanny.

Halloween and my ever-growing monkey

I hate scary things. I don't go to haunted houses or watch creepy movies.

 But for some reason, I love Halloween. Mostly the watered-down kid version of the holiday, but that's OK with me.

Halloween this year was a blast! I had so much fun, in fact, that I failed to take enough pictures. 

It didn't help that I had a tiny baby to tend to.

This is my costume crew:

Indiana Jones (with a shaved face!), Cosmo the BYU cougar, a Minion, and a Fox

And some of our house decorations:

I just want some MORE Halloween

*The title is a quote from Pencil this morning. One night of costumes and candy was not enough for this monkey this year.

We opted not to dress as a family crew this year, mostly because the three opinions could not find a way to align in any peaceful manner.

So Hermione and two of the Ninja Turtles (Mikey and Leo) were our attempt at a compromise. (Mom and Dad went as Mom and Dad. Easy costumes are... easy. I was going to say my favorite, but I'm not gonna lie. I had visions of  making up The Doctor as Professor Snape. It would have been awesome. There's always next year, right?)

Post Halloween blues

 

Subtle, no?

 This is my monkeys, camped out in the kitchen, staring longingly at the Halloween candy. It is a dwindling amount, with only weird gum and strange, generic 'flavored' tootsie rolls left, but they don't seem to care.

We're getting over sick kids here. Hacking cough, slight fever, CRANKY kids. The usual.

Pencil was very upset when I suggested some medicine to help him feel better.

Until, he tasted it.  He hugged me tight and exclaimed, "It tastes like owange! Mom, you a geniuths!"

An Incredible Halloween

 Happy Halloween!

I got ambitious this year and made our family a group costume.

It was a learning experience for sure, but I'm glad we did it.

It was a blast to go to the church Trunk-or-Treat, and then

wander our neighborhood as a team of crime fighters.

Not very in-focus, but Our Trunk-or-treaters with Grapes' friend M, as Dorothy. 

One of us wanted to stop and eat each piece of candy as it was given.

 He also was depressingly good at asking for (and GETTING) a second piece at every stop. 

Sugar-aholics anonymous will be getting a new visitor soon, I'm sure. 

Post-neighborhood haul. And left-over pizza.  

AND- My very favorite part of the costumes. When a logo, and some outer-underwear were removed, monkeys were already in PJ's and ready for bed. I am a brilliant mom, if I do say so myself. Brilliant!

Halloween fun

Tonight we carved our pumpkin

 

Well, Dad carved it, mostly. With helpful feedback/approval from a few monkeys. 

Of course we roasted the seeds too. Usually I put Worcestershire sauce and seasoned salt on them, then roast in a hot oven (400-ish) for 15-20 mins, stirring in the middle.

 

This time, however, we were out of both Worcestershire sauce AND seasoned salt. So, I tried olive oil and garlic salt with a smidgen of pepper. It turned out alright, but not as good as usual.

 

Even sub-par pumpkin seeds couldn't kill our awesome night. Kids are so much fun!

 Here's hoping the actual Halloween night turns out to be just as much fun!

Are you ready for this?

ok, family, friends, and occasional (welcome) stranger....
Our family computer has been under the weather, for, um, a while. BUT- I think we fixed it.
(fingers crossed, people... )

And so, it is time for a royal picture overload of mega-malopolis proportions.
Ready, Go:

HALLOWEEN!

Aang, from Avatar:The Last Air-Bender
A favorite cartoon at our house

Costumes

Halloween costumes!
All homemade and fairly inexpensively. Yay!
May I introduce:
Spiderman and his 'mummy'





















the Ghost with the most (cuteness)

Pumpkin Pictures

We finally carved our pumpkin! (don't worry, I washed it off!)
The Doctor Scraped and Scooped
Grapes "Eeeewww"ed and Gooped
I Sorted, Baked, and Shared
Pencil Watched and got slop in his hair
Sockie Danced and Giggled but did not touch a thing
Happy Halloween!!