Welcome to my life..my family..my world..unedited.

Halloween was good this year.  The boys both decided on good costumes that weren’t totally terrible to put together / make.  (Well, except for Matt’s shirt, which is another story, OY)
Preston was a Wizard – I made his robe, which turned out well, but I will never, ever work with tissue lame again. That stuff practically frays if you look at it wrong!! He picked out a hat at a halloween store, and improvised with a Harry Potter wand (that was so annoying we took the batteries out!!)
 
Matthew decided on Indiana Jones.  The pants, boots, jacket, hat & whip were all really easy! The shirt? Ugh. It was nearly impossible to find a button down shirt that fit the costume idea.  I even tried to dye a white one! The first time it turned out peach and the second time? Dark brown but with purple undertones!!  Mike found a waffle knit henley and we went with it.  I made his satchel out of some felt and spare fabric I had around.

Trick or treating was great this year – the kids were all good, the weather was damn near perfect, and we had more neighbors/friends …

from my little treats to yours

Preston was the cutest popcorn ever! And Matt was a great Batman

We had a good time tonight, hitting up the people in our neighborhood for free candy. The boys actually walked ALL the way around the hood, though they did moan and groan a little about being tired AND gave up before the end going up to houses.  Preston’s costume was a big hit and he wore it most of the time, too!

{obligatory}
First, the trip to the pumpkin patch…the boys wanted to buy a hundred pumpkins. In their defense, there were a LOT of really good ones this year! We settled on one for each of us, plus some little ones.
Then, of course, we carved them!  Matt actually carved most of his own this year – he was so proud of himself! {me too}