Halloween recap

I'm not a big fan of Halloween, but I do love looking back at the pictures!

 

Like Elsa and Olaf:

 

 

 Nick loved this costume, and refused to take off his "head" when I thought he might be hot.  Last year, Kate and Nick coordinated their costumes as well:

 

 

Meghan was the Mad Hatter this year. She likes to make her own costumes, but this is getting more difficult as she gets older.  She was inspired by recently re-reading "Alice in Wonderland."  This was a tough costume to get right, but I thought it turned out great:

 

 

My boys like to be scary.  I'm not crazy about this, but as they get older, that seems to be the only kind of costume they are comfortable with, and I guess I can understand that.  And they are so low-key about it all.  Luke wore a costume we've been re-using for years, and combined it with a consignment sale mask to be a Zombie Pirate.  And Brendan was going to be a werewolf, but the mask made him wheeze.  So he grabbed some other mask that has been laying around the house for years, with no clear origin, and became someone from a movie so scary none of us has watched it, and hopefully never will.  But it was easy, and he was content, so we called it good enough!

 

 

My favorite Halloween costume memory is from when Luke was three.  He would not wear whatever costume I had for him, and we were getting very late.  Thankfully, I had an epiphany of sorts, and decided to just put him in some cozy winter PJs, with a robe.  He got to carry his beloved pillow, and we called him "Pajama Guy."  No one could tell that wasn't the look we'd intended all along.  I always think of that as a great parenting moment -- when I let go of my plans, and did what was best for my child.

 

One aspect of Halloween I do love is our annual visit to the pumpkin patch/petting farm/hayride/corn maze place.  I thought Nicholas would be the perfect age to enjoy these things this year, and I was right!!  He still talks about the tractor ride! And of course, his joy made us all have a great time!

 

 

Next up is Thanksgiving!  Now that's a holiday I REALLY love!!