Halloween Costumes

This year I was all about recycling the costumes we already had. Next year both boys are going to be old enough to really assert themselves come costume decision making time, but this year I was able to push Hunter to want to be Elmo, and Ben to be a pirate... he insisted on the hook. So, Ben is Capt Hook Sparrow, LOL. Here are some shots of the kids before trick-or-treat time.

My fav shot of Ben.

Hunter as Elmo, or as he says, "Oh, me Elmo, mommy!"

Both my boys... adorable.

Happy late Halloween, right? I hope Blogger can keep uploading so fast for me, so I can get caught up on posting... crossing my fingers.

Carving Pumpkins

We waited until late in the afternoon on Halloween to carve pumpkins; Alyssa and I were shopping in the morning, and I wanted to wait until the boys were done napping to begin. Despite out late start, and rushed job, the jacks all turned out good, and the kids enjoyed themselves.

I take my carving seriously. I really enjoy carving a pumpkin, and I'm pretty good with the knife. However, I usually take hours and hours the night before Halloween to carve, so this rushed situation was frustrating for me. Just the same, I cranked out two good quickies. :)

Alyssa and Theo pulled the goo out of the pumpkins.

Dad helped the kids carve this white pumpkin:

Hunter is such a ham.

The boys' pumpkin:

Alyssa's pumpkin:

My cat in a cemetary pumpkin:

My witch pumpkin:

There were some amazing pumpkin designs on our trick-or-treating journey I wanted to share. One house in town always does these giant pumpkin creations. I have never been able to go to this house on Halloween, as we've never actually taken the kids trick-or-treating beyond our immediate neighborhood. I have to say, these jacks were darn cool. They do this one every year:

This guy might be making his second appearance:

This is definately a newer one:

Too cool, or two cool:

This was their newest pumpkin idea... a tree was taken down this year at the front of their lot, and they put this guy in it's place. Hilarious.

Hope you nejoyed our small town jack-o-lantern display... more to come with the kids' costumes and our trick-or treating journey.