Halloween.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 11:32AM Though I know many people who are doing gratitude projects this month (listing something they're thankful for each day and that sort of thing), I'm not tackling that personally/officially. But. For today, let me just take a moment to say that I am thankful for the lovely weather we had yesterday...60s and sunny all day, making for a mild and wonderful trick-or-treating night.
Here's what our house looked like:
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After dark, we also added strobe lights and our motion activated skeleton that talks at you (though I think Nathan turned off the talking in relatively short order, as it's annoying, lol). Asher and Noah lobbied hard this year for flying ghosts and talking zombies but the cobwebs are about as far as we can push Micah. ;) (Micah, in case you don't know, is terrified of things that talk at him and most things Halloween, lol.)
And here are my trick-or-treaters (in their costumes before dark for this picture and then impatiently waiting for night)...
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Asher's on the left and is Jengo Fett (the "base model" for the clones in Star Wars) and Micah is Boba Fett (Jengo's "son"). Yes, we ran into visibility issues after dark...ended up making the boys carry their helmets between houses. :) And, yes, Noah chose not to trick-or-treat this year. He claims he's getting too old for it and also just, honestly, doesn't really like candy. He stayed home with Nathan and helped hand out candy to the 90 or so trick-or-treaters that came to our door.
I didn't dress up like last year but was still in the Halloween spirit, wearing (among other things) the top and tights you can see in this picture (sorry, didn't take a new picture this year). I added my Jedi cloak from last year for one more layer when I took the boys out and about. (I'm quick to volunteer to take them around on the years like this when coats aren't required, lol...it'll be Nathan's turn next year when it's inevitably snowing, right?)
And now we settle in for the snow storm coming through tonight, and thus ends this year's obligatory Halloween post. ;)
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