Halloween was a little crazy this year for us. With the arrival of sweet Sullivan just a few weeks before, we were a little hectic. But we still had a great time celebrating. It was especially fun having Grandma in town to help us out!
Me with the Fabulous 4.
Lucy had a tough time finally deciding what she wanted to be this year. She concluded that a "nerd zombie" would be pretty cool. She begged and begged for me to order some suspenders off amazon. I caved and spent 4.99 on a pair that made the costume oh so cool. Her friend, Bailey, was also being a zombie, so her mom did their make-up.
Benny also had a hard time making up his mind. For his birthday, Grandma gave him a Wolverine and a Hulk costume to have to play dress-up in. He had decided on Batman, but when he saw the new digs, he couldn't make up his mind. There were a few costume changes throughout the day.
Graham was excited to be Luke Skywalker. He played the part of a Jedi very well.
As you can see, Sullivan LOVED being turned into an adorable pumpkin. He is the fourth Ray child to wear this cute costume.
The day before Halloween, there was a carnival at the base. Jason ran in the "Zombie 5K" with Graham and Lucy. There were booths and bouncy houses. Good times.
Instead of having the kids dress up in the costumes for school (that would have been WAY too easy), they had to dress up as a character from a book. Sounds cute, I know, but it was actually irritating. We have a hard enough time getting together one costume for each kid. Graham helped me out by choosing something simple. He was Jack from the Magic Treehouse books.
Lucy, on the other hand, agonized over what to do. Jason had bought these insane boots from the base thrift store (that man had a lot of time on his hands during his paternity leave). They were only 50 cents and he couldn't pass them up. He knew Lucy would love 'em. She wanted to incorporate them into her costume. So…..we finally settled on Count Olaf from The Series of Unfortunate Events.
Happy Halloween!! LOL
2 comments:
Glad to know I'm not the only one who hates dress up days at school. It's hard enough to get kids up, dressed, fed, brushed and out the door, then you want me to dress them like they're going to a luau/nerd/school spirit/crazy hair?!? Whatever.
The boots weren't all that great for the school parade as I recall! It was a fun day.
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