Well, I guess I should preface this with, better late than never.
I just love Halloween as most of you know, and there is nothing I like better than going all out on our kids costumes. It gets harder and harder each year to “convince” the kids that they want to be what I want them to be, but I’m happy to say they are still making good choices when it comes to cuteness.
Hunter Potter. We recently let Hunter start reading the Harry Potter series, and we promised him when he finished reading the book we would let him watch the movie. He sped through book 1, loved the movie and has the rest of the Harry Potter books on his Christmas wish list.
I’m not sure just anybody could pull of this costume, but Lily certainly did it justice.
My mom and dad picked this costume up for Grey from Costco, and I must say it was my favorite this year! He looked SO, SO adorable in it!
Ava as a zombie bride.
My friend at work (did I mention that I work at Michaels?) made this bouquet for Ava’s costume, she glued in rats and spiders and all sorts of creepy things. The picture does it no justice, it’s just fabulous! Thanks Josie!
And last but not least, my little guy.
We had orange pumpkin part pancakes for dinner, which the kids thought were just awesome!
And Finn grabbed a quick bottle before we headed out the door.
We met up with some friends to go trick or treating, and the men got to take the kids out trick or treating, while us women folk stayed inside nice and warm with a big bowl of candy to snack on. Best idea EVER!
Once we got home, we did a huge candy dump and even weighed it this year. Each candy bag weighed almost 4 pounds!!
That’s equal to a lot of dental bills.
Thank you Jessi B for the sweet comment! Yes I did make the toppers myself. I used a picture of a mermaid cake that I found online for some inspiration. If I can find it I will link it in the post. Tips for gum paste? Work fast, make sure your hands are clean (fuzz and EVERYTHING in the world will stick to it) I always look for everyday kitchen stuff that can double as tools for gum paste. I'm sorry this was so long ago, that I can't even remember what I did. LOL!
Posted by: Amy | January 30, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Thanks for the great blog post about your daughter's mermaid party- lots of inspirational ideas. Did you make the cupcake toppers yourself? Did you use a tutorial? Anything pointers would be great. Thx!
Posted by: Jessi B | January 10, 2012 at 04:54 PM
Holy cow sister! Update your blog already!!!
Posted by: Amanda | December 29, 2011 at 09:58 PM
Yes I'll second that....just love your blog, always look forward to seeing what you and your cute family have been up to. The kids costumes are great, they all look fantastic. Thanks for posting.
Posted by: Julie | November 17, 2011 at 04:55 PM
glad to see your back....thought you disappeared on me :/
i found your blog by way of a friend and LOVE it - keep it going please!
Posted by: Toby | November 17, 2011 at 12:44 PM