To kick off things, we got in the Halloween spirit by carving up our pumpking. I generally design the thing with no fore-thought or technique, and then Peter skillfully brings it to life. I could put a lot of time into coming up with great ideas, but I'll let others have that glory. Also, our pumpkin was already half-rotted when we cut into it, so what's the point? For the first time ever, Peter did not cook and eat the seeds. Good times!
Katy sang her song about Halloween and saying "Boo" to everything. I just love her school and all the little ditties that she brings home. I remember her singing it last year, too. The yummy part is that Allen and Hannah will echo Katy's voice in song for years to come. Ah, tradition!
Another first for us this year was that Katy and Allen only had one costume each. Normally I can't decide what they should wear so I string together several choices from gum and toothpaste or whatever I can find. I couldn't let Hinty Baninty have just one costume so she was un-officially Daddy's little vampire and also a brown bear. I've never seen a cuter bear in my life. And that little vampire can bite me anytime. And I'm sure she will someday soon...she's teething.
The real and truly official costumes for the kiddos this year are from the movie "The Wizard of Oz" which Katy just happens to love. One might assume Katy would be Dorothy because she has the perfect hair for it, but I can't do anything normal.
Allen's lion suit came from the store, free with the purchase of Katy's dress. Mom and I decided that Mom should add more material for his mane. You can't have a wimpy lion's mane and still be the cowardly lion. C'mon. Katy's Good Witch Glenda crown was made by me and there was even some sewing in it. Same for Hannah's blue dress, but not her white shirt. Her Dorothy wig was made by stitching fancy, shiny yarn to Allen's Astros cap. Peter didn't appreciate how the cap was violated, but after Halloween it was returned to normal. The red glitter got on EVERYTHING so mostly I just tied the ruby slippers around a black stuffed dog's neck for effect.
Allen's lion suit came from the store, free with the purchase of Katy's dress. Mom and I decided that Mom should add more material for his mane. You can't have a wimpy lion's mane and still be the cowardly lion. C'mon. Katy's Good Witch Glenda crown was made by me and there was even some sewing in it. Same for Hannah's blue dress, but not her white shirt. Her Dorothy wig was made by stitching fancy, shiny yarn to Allen's Astros cap. Peter didn't appreciate how the cap was violated, but after Halloween it was returned to normal. The red glitter got on EVERYTHING so mostly I just tied the ruby slippers around a black stuffed dog's neck for effect.
On the actual day of Halloween, Katy went to school and partied with her friends in her full Glenda costume. They unfortunately assumed she was just another princess and she didn't correct them. Dang! I dressed Allen and Hannah up in the costume of their choice. Allen was Cookie Monster (of course) and Hannah was a little brown monkey, Allen's costume from last year. We then visited Peter at work because I'm a fabulous wife. Turns out I should have called in advance because he was in a meeting but eventually he was able to come out and see us. Allen scored some candy there, so he was all smiles.
Later that night we went to the church for a Trunk-Or-Treat and a carnival in the gym. Hannah rode around in her bumbo seat in the wagon and she happily sucked on her Dorothy hair until someone gave her a sucker. Her first sucker! She loved it! Katy and Allen played games and ran through the haunted house and jumped in the bounce house. Cupcakes were devoured and they played with a dancing "skelton." Then on to the parking lot for candy, candy, candy. I can see that Halloween is going to be one of their favorite holidays.
To finish off the big day, we headed over to Jerry and Kathy's house, another tradition. We weren't the only ones, either. Jake and Hillary were there with more of their family and friends. Sean loaned Allen his 70's glam wig. Lovely color for him. Katy had lots of fun handing out candy to the many, many, many visitors that night. The door bell didn't stop ringing until late. Her policy was something like "one for me, one for you, three chocolates for me." We must be related. :o)
All in all, October was a fabulously fun month to live through, but a beast to blog about. Even as I type things up, I am reminded how blessed we are. I still say I need to hire a personal assistant to take care of my blogging. ha! Well, it's after 2am so I'm off to bed. More in November as the year 2009 slowly winds down.
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