Oh boy! This year choosing Halloween costumes was quite the ordeal with the three big kids being very fickle! Actually, Abby and Haley were fickle from the beginning, and Seth only changing his mind a couple times, but once was about an hour before we were going trick-or-treating! Ugghhh... at one point I was so annoyed that I actually threatened to never let them pick costumes ever again!
When the kids first started talking about Halloween in July, and at that point Haley was going to be a pirate princess, Abby was going to be a bald eagle, and Seth was going to be a Ninjago character. Haley was the most fickle going from the pirate princess to Annie (the orphan), Matilda (from the Roald Dahl book), Laura (Little House on The Prairie), Punky Brewster, and finally, an ice princess! Abby moved from the bald eagle idea to a bird watcher, Elsa, Margo (Punky Brewster's friend), and finally, Super Sister! Seth stayed with the Ninjago idea for quite some time, but around the beginning of October changed his mind to a Storm Trooper. He wore the Storm Trooper costume to school this morning and then, about an hour before we were ready to trick-or-treat he started digging through his dress up stuff and decided to wear some super hero stuff and be Super Brother! Sheesh! Through all the changes, Carey, Kacie and I stayed consistent (well, Kacie had no say, really) with Carey being Olaf, Kacie as a mermaid, and myself as a referee!
We didn't make it to a pumpkin patch this year, but we did make it to Trader Joes (where the pumpkins are only $2.99!) and as soon as we got them home, Seth was dying to carve them. I was really trying to get all the kids to wait until closer to Halloween, but when the soccer games the week before Halloween were rained out and we had a free Saturday, they talked me into it. I think we broke about 5 of those weeny little pumpkin carving knives in the process, but all of the pumpkins got carved, and Carey even roasted some of the seeds. The finished products were darling, but were definitely looking sad and droopy by the time tonight rolled around (in fact, Abby couldn't handle hers any more and threw it in the greencycle yesterday)!
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| Pumpkin carving fun:) |
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| It's really the only good time to be a mermaid...before you can walk! |
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| A mermaid, ice princess, Super Sister and Storm Trooper, ready for a fun day! |
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| My name is Olaf and I like warm hugs! |
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| Webber girls ready to watch Seth's class in the Halloween parade. |
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| Super Sister and Super Brother |
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| Ready to trick-or-treat with some of our neighborhood friends. The rain wasn't stopping us! |
