Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Halloween 2010

Happy {belated} Halloween! :) It seems that I never post about Halloween until mid-November. Hm. I guess we're always busy (or recovering from our candy comas) until then. Er, now. Whichever... you get the idea.

This year for Halloween, we were Goldilocks and the Three Bears! :) It was fun. Jolie was Goldilocks- though due to her general lack of locks, she wore a wig. lol. And James, Derek and I were the Three Bears. I made all of our costumes (Jolie's skirt and shirt, even)- from scratch! I'm pretty proud of myself. In part due to my fear of patterns and in part to my pride of figuring things out on my own, I didn't use any patterns and decided to "wing" it. I think they turned out alright. We do look like bears, don't we? Hope so.

I didn't get any decent pictures of Halloween night, but my friend Li took some (thank you, Li!). Here are a few for your festive delight...

(Please disregard my funky stance. I swear I'm not (I hope!) as squatty and deranged as I appear in this photo. Holding Goldilocks and squatting down were not the best combination, apparently. lol)
James with his buddies Evan and Asher.
So silly already! And they hadn't even
gorged themselves on candy yet! ;)
Family Photo
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3

Fun, right? :)

A little back story: We generally go trick-or-treating with our cousins in Smithfield and have a blast doing so. There is a family in their neighborhood (whom we now know and love but admired even before that) that totally grills up hot dogs for everyone and anyone who walks by- complete with hot cocoa and FULL-SIZED candy bars! (I know; they're awesome!) Derek and I have been totally impressed with this and swore that "someday" we were totally going to do this.

Well, this year, we decided to give it a go- on a mini scale, anyway. So we decked out (minimally, but still) our garage and bought some Styrofoam cups and warmed some hot cocoa in our CrockPot... and voila! Instant coolness! :) Mostly we wanted to do it because it is just so NICE and neighborly. It's not something you see anymore, and it makes you feel so special as a recipient. It was especially good this year as it was cold and raining; it was a good chance to let people step out of the rain and warm up a bit.

I think it went well. Thank you, Derek, for pulling it all off. It was my idea, but (go figure) I got stressed and overbooked doing other things- and Derek (again, go figure) saved the day. Night. Whatever. ;) Also, thanks to the Packs for stepping up and playing host/hostess when we were too lazy/busy to get off our duffs and help people. (We love you guys!!!)

It was a fun night. Our house is finally beginning to recover from it all. And I'm seriously considering boycotting junk food from now until December 23rd. :) I do love me some chocolate chip cookies, though, so we'll see how that goes...

Happy Halloween! We hope it was as spooktacular for you and yours as it was for us and ours!

xo

Oh, and James really didn't wear flip flops with his costume. After the photo op, I made him change into real shoes with socks. It was freezing and wet that night (and spooky... definitely spooky). And as much as I try to convince myself otherwise, I really am a better mom than that! :)

9 comments:

Vicki said...

I LOVE the costumes! I had been anxiously awaiting pictures after I heard what you were doing and I must say, absolutely adorable! I should totally hire you to come up with some fantastic ideas for our family (seeing as how Matson was the only one dressed up this year - oops!).

bart said...

Great work with the costumes!

I'm very impressed with the hot cocoa neighborliness. We only got one trick-or-treater -- and we choose to sit there grasping our candy bowl and pretend we didn't hear the door. Hmm. This doesn't speak well for future relations with the neighbors. Gonna have to work on that.

Adam and Aubrey said...

The best part of those costumes, is that up close, they look INCREDIBLE! My crafts look decent far away, but freak girl! Those were amazing! And I'm sooo sad we missed the majority of the party. Majority?! Who am I kidding. The entire party. I'm just glad you guys are party freaky freaks and came over for a bit after. Yay for Halloween. And I may be boycotting the sugar/junk until Thanksgiving day and Christmas..... who am I kidding?! I'm getting an ice cream cone as I type this.... gotta eat now, so.... later! (this comment may have been better as an email.... but whatev!)

Richelle said...

Jolie makes an adorable Godilocks! All the bears look great as well. Wow! Nice work doing it all from scratch. Savannah and I had poodle skirts that Andy got in a box from someone that he helped move. They were obviously handmade and took a lot of time with the poodle applique, so it looked like I sewed some matchy mother-daughter outfits, but I didn't. I'm a costume cheater, but you are the real deal.

Richelle said...

Jolie makes an adorable Godilocks! All the bears look great as well. Wow! Nice work doing it all from scratch. Savannah and I had poodle skirts that Andy got in a box from someone that he helped move. They were obviously handmade and took a lot of time with the poodle applique, so it looked like I sewed some matchy mother-daughter outfits, but I didn't. I'm a costume cheater, but you are the real deal.

Johanna Markworth said...

How dang cute are you all! I love it when the family goes with a theme! So, so cute!

katie said...

Cute! When you said you were going to be Goldilocks and the three bears, I just assumed Becca would be Goldilocks. Go figure.

Zann said...

You are freaking kidding me! Guess what other family with a little boy and a little girl was Goldilocks and the Three Bears for Halloween? That's hilarious! You guys look great, what an attractive family you are!

Mindy said...

Thanks for your comments. Your Halloween pics are so cute! I love your costumes and the idea. So clever of you.
I can't wait to hang out with you on Thursday. Gobble, gobble! I will bring my happy pants. :)