We started our Halloween off like we always do with a Halloween breakfast with Halloween Pat-A-Cakes!
After work, we rushed home to get our Halloween night started. We got the house all ready for the Trick or Treaters.
The kids got in their costumes and we were off.
My mom and dad came down to answer the door for the Trick or Treaters. They don't get any Trick or Treaters in their neighborhood so they like coming down to the house to see all of the kids.
Our neighborhood was hopping like it always is. Nobody disappointed, everybody had their decorations up and we even had a couple of haunted houses! We had people pulling in and dropping kids off. This is one of my favorite nights! We get to see all of our neighbors and everyone just seems to be in such a great mood!
Chance was hilarious to watch this year because he fully understood the fact that all he had to do was ring the doorbell and people just gave him handfuls of candy! He couldn't get to the next house fast enough.
Everybody loved Cole's costume. They thought he was the real deal and some of the littler kids refused to go up to the door when he was there because they were scared of him. He had to keep taking his mask off to show him he was really just a little boy underneath! Kadee was great out of the gate but not much for stamina. We made it around our block and she tired out and was ready to go home.
All in all, everybody had a Fantastic time!
As a Trick or Treat surprise, Dunkin Donuts gave each of the kids a Halloween box filled with a couple of Munchkins which Cole loved.
After nap time we got the kids ready for the big night out. Chance got into his Elvis costume and I used Charlies hair stuff to slick back his hair. He looked ADORABLE!
Cole picked out the perfect costume, Black Spiderman. His favorite thing about it was his "muscles". He wore this costume every night from the moment we bought it until Halloween. It would be the first thing he would ask when we walked in the door at night, "Can I wear Spiderman?" and then he would come running down the stairs shooting webs at us, the dogs, the cat, anything and everything that crossed his path.
Kadee had a very hard time deciding on a Halloween costume this year. We went back and forth from every witch, fairy ans scary cheerleader costume you could imagine until she finally decided on a super cute witch costume. Her favorite thing about dressing up this year was actually getting to wear make-up. I did her eyes with sparkly glitter and blue eye shadow and she turned out to be a pretty cute witch!
Chance was a hit in his Elvis costume!
We decided to start the night off at Town Square. All of the stores were doing Trick or Treat and they were also having a special appearance from one of the dinosaurs from "Walking with Dinosaurs". Naturally Cole loves Dinosaurs right now so I really wanted him to see the dino on display. We met up with our friends Dallas and Chi (who was dressed up as a really cute pirate).
Town Square was packed with Halloween revelers.
We headed over to the dinosaur display a little early so Cole and Kadence could get an up close look at the dinosaur. These things are so AWESOME. We went to the show last year and were all mesmerized by how real they look!
My mom, bless her heart cut out the pattern from white fleece and then tried to sew together a mini version for Chance. She was up to her eyeballs trying to make a 2T costume fit a 6-12 month sized baby. She did it though.
Julie came over to help and thoughy to herself, "I think my sister has finally lost it"
My dad sat in the observation seat and thought to himself, "I think my daughter has finally lost it!"
But two days later we had an Elvis costume on our hands, and it turned out pretty darn cute. My mom did an AWESOME job sewing it together and adding an attached cape as well as a belt to go along with it!
We tried it on Chance and he thought it was pretty cool too!
