As for us, our Plan A was to trick-or-treat the neighborhood. Plan B, in the event of rain, was to attend our church's trunk-or-treat festivities which were being moved indoors due to the weather. We love our church's Halloween activities, and so does the rest of the community. Our church routinely has 3,000+ visitors for its Harvest Hoedown, making it a huge success. William George, however, is not keen on the bounce house experience, particularly with 3,000 of his closest friends. Also, we like to kick it old school. Here's how the past few days went down:
Our Halloween 2013 featured Lalaloopsy (Grace), Snoopy (George, although not shown above) and Hello Kitty (Lauren).
Grace's costume might have been my favorite for her so far since it truly suited her personality.
And this might have been Lauren's favorite as well. She was really channeling some Hello Kitty.
Aunt Melinda's church had a carnival Wednesday night and because we had a prior commitment at our church, we were unable to attend. The duo talked Grammie into taking them (thanks, Grammie!), and they had a blast. Yesterday, William George had his first school party. He was assigned a yellow shirt and was given a yellow monkey hat to wear, although he immediately discarded the hat.
Last night, of course, was the big trick-or-treat. Everyone suited up, and we managed to get a quick photo or two before George refused to wear the Snoopy hat. Who could blame him, really, what with the warm Halloween weather and high humidity.
Funny story... William George's Snoopy costume was ordered months ago, but when the time came to locate the costume yesterday, it was nowhere to be found. It had been stashed in my closet for safekeeping, but could not be located. Y'all know how I feel about losing things. After tearing my closet, George's closet and the playroom apart, Skip finally located the package in my closet behind a box. I tend to come unhinged when something is missing and yesterday was no different. It wasn't pretty.
During my panic, Skip suggesting putting a football shirt on him and having him go as a football player. Huge props to him for trying to calmly address the situation and all, but how could a football player possibly compare with Snoopy?
Lauren detests chocolate. We have never understood it, but she will not eat chocolate. Therefore, we have to get really creative at Halloween. Gran put a smile on her face with Golden Oreos, while Grammie came through with Rice Krispy Treats.
Gracie gladly falls on the chocolate grenade, coordinating trades for any chocolate Lauren rejects.
We were able to have a quick trick-or-treat session in the neighborhood before the rain arrived. Fun surprises of the night included a school friend who stopped by and being rescued from the rain by our neighbor.
How was your Halloween?
1 comment:
Cute pictures!! Love the snoopy costume. My little guy was supposed to be a donkey, but the plush fur lined costume was ditched due to the hot temps. Thankfully the rain held out.
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