Halloween 2015

One of the exciting things about having two kids is that I was finally able to pick out a Halloween "theme" of sorts.  I knew that I wanted them to match or go together in some way.  My first thought was Elsa and Olaf since we already had an Elsa costume, but then I remembered that every little girl would be Elsa for Halloween.  And we try to be slightly original.

Then sticking with the Disney theme (since she wanted to be a princess), we thought we would do Cinderella and Gus.  This would have been super cute, but the only Gus costume I found was just a onesie from the Disney store for $40.  If it had been an actual costume, I probably would have done it, but I couldn't stomach that price for a shirt.

As I was going through Emmy's closet inspiration struck me.  Mom had bought her this little saloon girl costume at Cracker Barrel after Halloween last year, and it was still hanging in the closet.  The more that I looked at it, the more it looked like Little Red Riding Hood, and our theme was born.

A little trip to my good friend eBay had this little wolf costume making a bee line for our front door, and just like that, we were in business.

I knew that I would not get to spend a ton of time with them on Halloween since Interact was working the city-wide trick-or-treat, so we took photos ahead of time.  I am super biased, but I think they are adorable.



Little Red Riding Hood was carrying her basket on the way to her grandmother's house.



When she spotted something off in the distance.



It was the Big Bad Wolf.




He was super scary, and he did not smile once.



And his big blue eyes did not shine at all.





But LRRH thought that she could change her story.  So she made friends with the wolf, and for now they are living happily ever after.  At least until he starts playing with her toys.




The end!


I also have a few photos that I got when they came through the line at Trunk-or-treat.













It was a really fun night, and although I missed getting to walk around with them while they trick-or-treated, I did have a great time handing out candy to the masses.

Bradley took a few photos too.  I'm training him well.








Then I found these photos from before I left to go hand out candy!  Score!












The best part was coming home and hanging out..and enjoying some of the fruits of their labors.

Halloween and a Bit of Pixie Dust

This year for Halloween, Emmy decided that she wanted to be Tinkerbell.  With a little bit of digging on Ebay and our craft box, we came up with this costume.  We picked up the pixie wings at Dollar Tree for a buck and we were done. 

I was We were pretty pleased with the results.  Here are a few photos of our little Tinkerbell.



I love how sassy she looks here.  This is her normal persona.





I took an old pair of her flats and painted them green.  A couple of cotton balls hot glued on top and viola!  Tinkerbell shoes!


The had a Halloween party at school this year and because of doctor's appointment, I got to attend.  It was so sweet!





That night at the football game, groups of students set up stands so that kids could trick-or-treat at the game.  I was so proud of our students for giving up some of their night to provide a safe place for children to pick up some candy.









She came home with lots of candy (that she didn't get to eat), but more importantly, she had a magical time!

Halloween 2013

On Halloween Emmy and Abby took the street with their cuteness.  We trick or treated in our neighborhood, and the girls RACKED UP!  Emmy's candy bucket was overflowing plus she got lots of stuff at school and church.  It was crazy, or as my sister says, "It was cray cray!"


We started off with a quick dinner right after school at Mr. Gattis.  These two can put away some pizza.





Take a look at these two cuties!







































I put a lot of thought into Emmy's costume this year since it is probably the last year that I will get to pick out her costume.  I saw a post online about someone that dressed their little girl up as Shirley Temple, and my heart started racing, palms sweating, and I KNEW that is what we had to be! I say we because since I had Emmy, she is the only one getting to do have fun and dress up.  I now live vicariously through my two year old...but that's a whole other post. :)







Check out my sweet Shirley Temple.  We practiced for weeks, and she can even sing "The Good Ship Lollipop" now.  Love her!

After trick-or-treating, we went to the party at the church.  There was tons of great food, and they took the kids on a hay ride again.  Such an amazing evening!








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They also had a costume parade at school that day, and Emmy rocked some of her Minnie Mouse gear.  Isn't she adorable?