Halloween... the Real Deal!

Halloween is here!  We were able to carve our pumpkins last night.  Mike did one and Garrett did the other.  Mike has decided that Garrett does such good work he's now going to be the official pumpkin carver.  I think it's a good idea.  Mike's been at the job for a long, long time.  It's time to pass the torch!

The kids were so excited when I finally allowed them to get out all the Halloween decor and costumes so they could decide what to be.  Garrett looks funny in the back all gross and bloody when everyone else is so cute and innocent looking.  Of course the others weren't setting up scary music and strobe lights or carrying around a machete to scare kids so I suppose his costume is pretty perfect considering all he was planning to do.

 

I loved all the costumes that the kids decided to be.  They all looked great and really, they were all easy to do this year.  No one required any real work so that was nice!  Most years we spend hours doing makeup to turn a kid into a zombie or a witch or a vampire.  We like to get pretty realistic so it takes a while.  This year I only had to put a beard on Bella.  Kaylie did Emma's whiskers and Garrett did his own makeup so it was a breeze to get them ready to go. 

 

 

 



I was super happy that Mike decided to take the kids trick-or-treating.  I had been worried about walking around so much.  I know that the extra stress would not be good.  He was able to get home and take them out.  They had so much fun!  Garrett stayed behind to scare kids.  Kaylie stayed to hand out candy and Jake stayed because I didn't think he really needed to be out in the cool night air plus, at 7 months old he really didn't need any candy.  Thankfully it was his bedtime about the time they left so it was actually really quiet here for a couple hours.  It was a much needed break!

Overall I think the Halloween season went well.  Garrett, Kaylie and Mike went to Netherworld in Atlanta.  Mike was able to get free tickets to Fright Fest at Six Flags so he took Savannah, Emma, and Bella with him.  All the kids loved what they got to dress up as to trick-or-treat and they all got a nice, but not overwhelming, amount of goodies.  As much as I was dreading it, the holiday was fun and perfect.