Halloween

so...i realized the problem with me and Halloween...

1. i dont plan on making costumes...which needs to happen
2. i kinda make costumes all the time, so its not as a big a deal to me as my kids
3. i am cheap and i do not believe in spending money on a costume when i can perfectly well make one thank you (only i dont...so there is that)
4. my kids change their minds like every day, so its hard to commit...

next year though...next year i think bryson will be at an age where he can stick to one idea and stick through it for all the parades, parties, etc. so david bowie for sure next year bryson...promise (he was super bummed...he wanted me to find him crystal balls and everything)

this year was a little nuts as far as parties and events leading up to halloween. we had many opportunities to dress up- bryson was a vampire bat, a pirate and a soccer player (meaning he went to a party right after a soccer game and it was too hot to wear his actual costume)

bodie was mickey mouse, batman (an old costume that did not fit at all), and a pirate.

bobby...was left out a little...i threw a zoodie on him here and there, but that is all he really would take at this point...

for actual Halloween night, my sister came over to babysit Bobby while he slept so that bry and i could take the boys out trick or treating. it was not quite the turnout from last year...probably because it was a monday night...but still fun - our neighborhood gives full size candy bars...they make us look cheap...they boys ended up going as pirates...totally last minute...and i couldnt even find bodie's full costume - which is so typical of us...but he didnt mind and we had fun.

i only let the boys eat one piece of candy...and the next day i put one piece in their lunch...and then we put the candy "away" meaning we ate some, let our friends eat some. i know i can only get away with this for a couple more years...so i will! i think bryson will smart on next year though...good thing he is into the idea of the "candy fairy"!