So here's how we spent Halloween 2011.....
The costumes:
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| World's Cutest Witch |
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| Far-Out and Out-of-This-World Parents |
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| The Dark Side of the Force |
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Lots of pre-Halloween fun with trick-or-treating at various public places, initiating Big Chief in the American grown-up Halloween tradition of haunted housing (at traditional places as well as haunted forests and haunted barns), pumpkin patches, and marshmallow roasts.
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| First time allowed loose with a knife....maybe not a great idea |
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| He was happy, though |
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| Great results! (except the Apple-lantern has some saggage issues) |
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| Having The Force used against me (I lost, obviously) |
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| Aren't my boys handsome?! |
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| Pumpkin patch! |
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| Kitty Kat was in her element with the animals |
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| She had to become one with the goats...and their droppings |
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| Pony rides! |
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| Mr T wasn't having ANY of getting on a pony |
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| He preferred to flip instead |
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| And crawl out of the disturbing backside of an inflatable caterpillar (WTF????) |
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| Trick-or-treating at the zoo |
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| Contemplating which side of The Force to be on today? |
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| Yippee, more animals! |
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| That's right, kiss the yummy chickens. |
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| We girls aren't too bad looking ourselves |
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| Benefits of living in the country |
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| Bonfires and beer on demand |
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| (but the pictures aren't quite so impressive with the flash) |
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| Marshmallows! (too impatient to make s'mores) |
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| At least he was generous about his culinary efforts |
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| Fireman T at the close of the festivities |
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| Trick-or-treating Midwest redneck style...in the back of a pickup |
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| Baby Girl had no hesitation about digging in |
We arrived back in Holland on a Friday morning (with the usual laundry, unpacking, exhaustion, jet lag, and general screwed-up-ness of international travel), spent all Saturday afternoon/evening at a friend's pumpkin carving party, then hosted our own Halloween party Sunday afternoon. Ugh. I think we've just about
now recovered.
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| Our traditional 'Puking Pumpkin' centrepiece |
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| My homage to True Blood (it's Sookie and.....Bill? Eric? Take your pick!) |
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| The hit of the evening, earwax-crusted Q-Tips (i.e. butterscotch coated marshmallows) |
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| This little darling, though, dismissed all the regular kid food and spent her time gnawing on chicken wings... |
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| ...and wearing her brother's mask |
Halloween ROCKS!
1 comment:
Granny Eagle Eye: I can now understand the whole US Haloween 'thing' better. It's so much more family oriented than the half-hearted 'Trick or Treat' that we seem to have imported. Love the outfits! Thought the scariest thing was how much you look like your Mother!!
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