Halloween 2012

I've always wanted to do a theme costume idea for our whole family.  Last year after Halloween, I went and stocked up on dress-up costumes at Wal-mart for 90% off.  They had a ton of pirate stuff so I planned to all dress like pirates this year.  I was feeling overwhelmed because my pregnancy was so taxing so I'm so glad I had most of the costumes ready to go!


I never thought I would be able to say I put eyeliner on my husband.  It was weird.


We had a chili cook off and trunk or treat at the church and it was a lot of fun.  Then on Halloween our kids went trick or treating throughout the neighborhood and brought us home a ton of candy.  Thanks, kids.

Bonus- Adam went to Bridger's class dressed up in his pirate garb and read them a pirate story with his pirate voice.  Then he passed out pirate fruit snacks and chocolate gold coins.  It was epic. Plus we got 2 uses out of his $40 costume so that's a plus.

Pumpkin Carving

Every year, we carve pumpkins with the kids.  And every year, we regret it.  It sounds like a fun idea that will bring good memories, but usually this is how it goes:  The kids are excited to pick a design for their pumpkins and then when the top of the pumpkin comes off and they have to get their hands gooey and gross, they lose interest so Adam and I end up finishing everyone's pumpkins while they destroy the house.  Soooo, this year we decided to just color on the pumpkins.  We got some permanent markers and I cut out some jack-o-lantern vinyl. They loved it!  And so did we. 

Then Bridger had a daddy and me pumpkin carving day at school and we, being the awesome parents that we are, totally forgot about it.  He was a good sport about it and said he had fun doing it with a friend and his friend's dad but we felt like total losers. He really wanted to carve a pumpkin with Adam so we sucked it up and got the knives out. 

This time they were total champs!  Bridger was still a little squeamish but they all did it mostly on their own and they had a good time.