no surprise i guess, but my kids LOVE Halloween so much. costumes, trick-or-treat, jack-o-lanterns- pure fun.
here are a bee, an Ewok, and a gangster:
i resisted the temptation to make something original for Maxine- she wore a bee costume i made for Asa when he was little. she was fine with that- for weeks she's been saying, "I bein' a bee!!!!" she was too cute. I made the Ewok suit for Asa but my man said no one knew what he was. come on folks! haven't you seen Star Wars? But Asa was happy with it so that's what counts. Lee pulled together his whole costume himself (another good thing about growing up!) including inking his counterfeit bills.
we had about 100 trick-or-treaters. i made chocolate chip pumpkin cookies (i posted the recipe in last year's Halloween post) as is my tradition. it pleased me to hear one kid walking away saying, "oh- these are awesome! i remember them from last year!"
last night's big sort:
the kids have a 24 hour candy fest and then they 'trade' the rest of their candy (minus 2 pieces to save for later) for a new small toy. we figure a ton of candy for a day is better than a little every day for months and they like getting a new toy.
i'll leave you with Lee and his 8-year-old-idea-of-funny pumpkin.
Happy Halloween!
