Ok, so Halloween was actually yesterday, but today is the day that I have pictures to share.    So, in that sense Happy Halloween!

This year the kid's costumes were inspired by our daughter's obsession, I mean love, of the movie The Little Mermaid.  Seriously she can't get enough.  So naturally she wanted to be Ariel.  Easy enough - one down one to go.  He was a little harder.  But see thanks to her, he also has a love of the movie.  Combine that with his love of fish and it seemed that Flounder was a perfect choice.  Sadly though I couldn't find a costume for him.  Some were too small (and as it turns out would have been WAY too hot to wear) and the only others were on ebay and well, I wasn't paying what those people wanted).  So I made his.  Early on I got scared that maybe I got in over my head.  After all I had no pattern - just yellow and blue fleece.  But I think it turned out well and minus him not wanting to put the costume on for Fall Festival at their school (note he didn't like last year's either until it was actually on).  It then went smoothly for trick-or-treating.   So without further ado I present to you Ariel and Flounder.

First at Fall Festival

(that was a hat for him in her hands, but it was too hot for that even at night)

The festival had art projects

games


(ring toss)


(miniature golf)

food

tattoos

and a big bounce house with a slide (in the gym as it was raining outside).

He did not care for the bouce house idea.  Instead he tried to sneak over and play with some of the normal toys in the Waddler classroom.

A good time was had by all!

Then that night these two went trick-or-treating.  Daddy handed out candy as I headed out with the kids.  I made the mistake of not taking the wagon just in case he got tired.   He was so cute, but tired.  He was barely going, but refused to let me carry him.  He would scream "walk!"  And he did until we swung by the house to get the wagon (and stop off for a drink) and then we went to a few more houses, or rather she did.  He then enjoyed a ride in the wagon without compromising the sights.

After trick-or-treating, they each got to enjoy a couple pieces of candy and then it was off to bed for them (an hour late in hopes that they'd adjust to the time change without getting us up super early).