every year our street gets together to pass out candy. instead of sitting in our houses all alone waiting for kids to come to the door, we sit in chairs around a big fire in the middle of the cul de sac. and every year, there is mass confusion as the children still go up to our doors. so this year Brant taped off all our driveways with caution tape. Michelle spearheaded a chili dinner party before trick or treating. it was a blast! so many people from the community came.
we had quite a spread, with chili, Carries famous salad, and a million different spooky treats.
then all the kids got sidewalk chalk and made "scary" drawings on the street. here is Anna "coloring a scary but a little bit silly ghost."
and, showing off the earl family "jack n' ladders." notice the chalk on her clothes and mouth?
it was mommy's turn to sit around the fire and pass out candy, so daddy took Anna trick or treating, she wanted Maddie to come too. here she is holding her hand to walk off into the night.
Anna and the Johnson kids. Ellie was so excited to paint her hair red, and was a beautiful Ariel. and can you blame Anna for having a crush on this dashing young Superman, i mean check out that curl - adorable!
Anna and the birthday boy!
Connor's first Halloween!!!!
Peanut and Anna.
my little butterfly flying away for trick or treating! Anna with Cole the ninja, Peanut aka "Minnie Mouse", and Gray the fireman!
we took a picture of this kid. i gave him the neighborhood #1 best costume award for his Christmas tree! it was so funny because we gave him a standing ovation and i saw his dad beaming, i thought "this must have been dad's idea. then someone asked him how he came up with this costume and he said, "uh my dad." i guessed it!
jeremy roped jason into being the town mummy. this is his "scary guy" mask that Anna had been so excited for. he wore it around the house and she was okay with it, but when he put it on with the mummy, she lost it. she kept crying, "i don't want my dad to be mommy." well neither do i.
once daddy was out of the costume everything was okay. we called it a night.
6 comments:
So cute! I love the matching skirts you made(? guessing from the fabric) for the girls and the butterfly costume. And what a fantastic neighborhood!
I can't wait to see you guys at Thanksgiving...Maddie will be walking circles around Laine, who is barely starting to sit unassisted.
i guess i forgot to credit my great friend Tonya not only for the antenna, but also for the outfits the girls wore to the Pumpkin Patch! can you say talented?
Britain,
The butterfy costume turned out soooo cute! Great Job on that. That street party makes me a little jealous. We just trick or treated a few houses...and then right when we were done...some poor grandma 2 houses down got rolled out of our neighbor's house in full arrest getting chest compressions and all. It was not a very pleasant sight for anyone...I am actally the one only one that saw.
Hey...I am working on the blog book...I think it will be so great to have once I am done...it is going to be 350 pages! But that is 350 pages of memories! Thanks for the info on that website...gotta run...girls attacking eachother..
Tonya
That post was fun, fun, fun! I loved seeing your neighborhood celebration. Well done on the beautiful butterfly costume, too.
Tell us about the blog book! Have you done one yet?
Joanna - i haven't started a blog book yet, but i saw someone elses and it's awesome. it's like a huge glossy, professional, coffee table book. i started a photo book like it last year, but it was not nearly as cool and totally overpriced. i will probably start one soon. i'll keep you posted, until then it sounds like Tonya is the best resource.
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