halloween...

Halloween miracle...2 kids looking at the camera!
so the initial plan was for the kids to be tinker bell & peter pan, but Elijah decided that he would rather be buzz light year. it was the only costume he got excited about...so with days to spare we started the search again and found one on eBay. the Disney store here only had big ones left...yay for eBay! the same thing happened with renee when she was 2...she had been saying for months that she was going to be dee dee doodle from the doodlebops and the week of Halloween decided only snow white would do...another eBay rescue, but back to this year...

the kids were excited because we got 2 days worth of halloween this year...on thursday night the SBA had a carnival at the law school...they had crafts, face painting, a movie and popcorn.
tinkerbell enjoyed it all...

i also want to point out that tink is wearing a vintage Linda Lavender School of Dance recital tutu! (See melanie i don't throw everything away!) i wore it for my recital when i was 4! only were were flowers , not faires...we had little green things on our hands for leaves and a frufru thing on our head for the flower...anyway...
she was VERY serious about getting her paper pumpkin just right...glue sticks are serious business! and of course getting your face painted takes a lot of concentration too...the butterfly was not nearly as impressive as the one at the princess birthday party, but she was happy still...

buzz light year spent most of the night running around saying, "to infinity and beyond" or "calling star command..." and eating the popcorn, but he was one happy buzz!
on halloween day renee got to wear her costume to school... luckily it warmed up and was a very nice day...that night we went to the carnival at the church. they had pizza and games. elijah's favorite was the fishing game. the prizes were little bugs and snakes...we have at least 2 of every one in each color...

then it was onto football. it was part of an older boy's costume, but that didn't stop the little thief...

oh, and there was a pinata...in true young fashion...orum decided Friday afternoon that he wanted to dress up and that he wanted to be syndrome from the incredibles...i guess i should be glad he didn't choose mr. incredible... a sheet, some foam, and some felt...voila...he went to a law school party while we were trick-or-treating and apparently it was a hit.
oh and check out tink's shoes...dollar tree! i just had to sew on a bell and some elastic! she was so proud!
after that we went out trick-or-treating on the other end of our street. it was blocked off for several blocks all the way to St. Charles. it was like a big party. all the neighbors were sitting out on their porch handing out candy. one of the houses even had a jukebox in the front yard! it was the first year we actually went door-to-door and they both thought it was so fun! while we were walking back renee kept trying to pick candy up off the ground. i, of course, told her no. when we got to the last house elijah opened his bag, and it was completely empty! he had been dragging it the whole time...all the while loosing his candy! he suprisingly left happy though...the last house gave him 2 suckers and he didn't notice that the rest was missing!

we hope you had as much fun as we did!