Lot's of fun to be had this month. I picked up some dollar store Halloween dolls and mentioned it to Jon one night. I was going to put them under their pillows as a surprise at bedtime, but Jon threw together a really fun scavenger hunt at the last minute. He had them hunting around the house for all sorts of clues I never would have thought of. They enjoyed playing with them at the end and I packed them away for next year.
Next on the list is carving pumpkins! We picked these up the weekend before Halloween. Jon is always good to dive right in and carve his own and help the kids with theirs. I'm always good to get those seeds separated, cleaned up and roasted! Mmmmmmm......
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| I just get a kick out of little Zeke diving right in to everything. Such a big boy! |
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| All carved and ready for the reveal! |
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| Oooooooh! |
We are officially ready for Halloween night!
Another must is attending Pumpkin Land. The big boys had already gone, Eli on a school field trip and Adren with scouts. Paisley kept asking about it and was set on daddy taking her. So Jon took Paisley and Zeke on a little Pumpkin Land outing.
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| Those pigtails! |
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| Adorable. Really. |
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| One night Zeke would NOT go to bed and was being so cute prancing around while Jon and I were hanging out. That boy... | | |
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| Zeke breaking out the wigs |
I didn't get a good picture of Zekes costume, but he kept taking it off, then fell asleep when everyone went out trick or treating, so I'll try it again next year. He was the Incredible Hulk. I found a mans green sweatshirt for $2 that I was able to cut up and sew in to a sweatshirt and sweat pants for him, I drew on muscles, added some ripped shorts and shirt and he was good to go. He didn't get it, and as soon as I'd get him dressed, he'd shed it all. Oh well.
I got to help in Adren's class on Halloween for his class party. I came up with some games for the kids and then helped him and Eli into their costumes.
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| Adren at his school parade. He was a Halo guy- this is a mans costume I had to make smaller for him, but he loved it. |
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| Eli was a scary Ninja. He looked darling! |
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| Here's Paisley breaking into the wigs. | | |
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| I had to get these guys into a project on Halloween because the day was just tooooo long for little Paisley. She wanted her cousins to appear and go trick or treating already! |
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| Hobo Jon ready to take the kids out. |
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What is Halloween without the Whitmore's??? It's all glee and excitement when they arrive in costume, ready to head out. As usual, they loaded up on candy!
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| We had Granny and Grandpa Taylor and Grandma and Grandpa Geertsen over for soup and craziness while I handed out candy. I love staying home and handing out candy. | |
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These are a little gruesome, but the kids came up with cutting up my red yarn and taping it on themselves to look like blood.
Happy Halloween 2011!
