Cut shapes into pumpkins.
Eat too much candy.
And, this year…have a party.
That’s pretty much what halloween boiled down to for us.
First, we’ve got pumpkins to carve.
Her own design.
Dylan is a huge Avatar fan, so this is Aang the pumpkin.
As usual, Randy and the boys have their own creation.
Yes, that’s licorice hair. Â And ghourd eyes…
Marley decided to paint her pumpkin, to match her black/white theme.
I wasn’t home when Abbey and Randy carved hers…surprise, surprise, it’s a Catching Fire theme.
Dress up time begins…
ladies and gentlemen, we present to you…Iron Man and Cat Woman.
I dropped them off at their friend, Paetyn’s house, for crafts and dinner.
Drove back to our house to take pics of the big kids and their friends, dropped them off at a neighborhood for trick or treating, and then headed back to where the littles were to walk that neighborhood with them.
Whew.
Marley, Payton, Ethan, Kailee, and Kylie…
Payton resurrected an old costume from years ago…
Payton, age 9
Marley cut this design in her black tee …very cool, I think.
Abbey, as an un-dead bride. Â Her creation, made from thrift store purchases. Â Plus, her talent as a special effects make-up artist.
Ethan and Kailee…she was a gothic barbie doll, and he was just gothic. Â Another excuse to wear all black clothing for him. Â Just another day, except for the makeup done by Kailee! Â (thankfully)
Tradition is, the kids come home, spread out their loot, and trade away!
The next night? Â Well, we threw a party for the kids and their friends, of course.
We decorated the Shop, and played games…we wrapped kids into toilet paper mummies, had a pumpkin carving contest, and a “who can hold 4 hot balls in their mouth the longest” game.
And, a costume contest. Â Marley won. Â :)
They played manhunt out in the woods, too. Â Afterwards, Randy played a scary movie in the Shop, and a not-as-scary movie down in our basement.
Lots of memories made, lots of fun had.
By the way, WHERE did October go??
November 6th, 2013 at 11:11 pm
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the posting of the Halloween costumes and they were all great, except that Ethan didn’t look like he was wearing a costume. Marley’s costume looked like it might have been the most difficult to come up with but I loved all of them. Their friends (and the parents) must love the fact that you all host such good parties and that you have a safe place for them to get together. I don’t know what happened to October either – or the past 6 months. This year is flying by too fast.
November 7th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
As for time flying by…. just look at the picture at the top of your blog and compare it to the pictures of the kids now. They all have grown so much.
I love that each child has their own pumpkin and gets to pick what they want carved into it. I also loved the costumes. I loved the creativity of Abbey and Marley’s costumes. Did Marley do her makeup? I know that Abbey does such good work with the special effects work. Whenever I watch “Face Off” on TV, I always think of Abbey doing this type stuff. Marley’s outfit was good, but I don’t know that she will ever “top) (pun intended) the one from last year on the stilts. That was unbelievable.
@Mary… you don’t know how proud I am of Randy and Donna using the building on their land for a safe ‘hang out’ for all the kids. They learn more about being Christians there along with just having a good clean fun time.
Somebody has been talking about Christmas and getting together, etc. and my brain just shuts that out as I feel like I just finished with Christmas. LOL
Another great post w/ wonderful pictures and memories.
November 8th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
Great post, D. I don’t think I tell you enough how much I appreciate the time you put into this.