Tinkerbells, and skeletons, and spiders,....oh and an elephant.....OH MY!

Halloween has come and gone. But this year marks a difference for me. This is the first year that I made costumes.....huge chance it's the last. Not because I didn't enjoy it. I adored making something flat into something 3-D, but it is cheaper to buy the costumes......unless I start in June and hit all the 50% off sales. So, OK, there might be a chance I make more next year. BUT anyway.

I made Karaia's Tinkerbell costume.

Nobody recognized her in that wig!

And Sanders' elephant costume.

Can you believe I made that?!? I can hardly believe it myself!

I really loved making both. The fabric on Karaia's spoke to my girly-girl side, but the pride of actually completing (and doing a good job of it) the elephant could just make my heart burst.

It was the first time I had read a clothing pattern from start to finish without any outside help. Well, if we are honest I did look up a few crazy-pattern-language terms on line, but once those where translated I totally got it. All by myself!

Beckham LOVED being a skeleton. I love that it is the simple things that tickle his fancy.

This is the face he gave me when I asked for his scary skeleton face......hmmm I know I don't want to be in the same room as him when he is making that face, but not necessarily because he is scaring me. It's more of an olfactory issue.

Tennyson was going to be Lighting McQueen but decided against it at the last minute. Luckily we have many dress ups that he was able to chose from. He ended up going with Spiderman and could not have been any happier.



Except for when we asked if he wanted to wear the mask.


This is the only way he would agree to such an audacious request and then, of course, he would NOT be posing for any pictures.


We went to the Pumpkin Patch on Halloween because Karaia had not been able to go yet this year. Beckham had already gone for Pre-school.


Yes. I am aware that I am missing a child in these photos. Yes, he is prone to running away, but thankfully this was not the case here.Tennyson fell asleep on the way down there and we thought it best not to wake him up for the photo shoot considering the amount of walking and the scheduled late night he had later on.

Grandma Candace grew just enough pumpkins for all of her grandkids this year! The kids were a little bummed about not picking a pumpkin at the pumpkin patch until I reminded them of this little fact.

Actually, we didn't even carve the pumpkins before Halloween. Kevin was out of town the week before and Halloween day became too busy. So we carved Welcome-to-November Jack-o-lanterns last night for FHE.



The great thing this year was we got one of those pumpkin carving kits and Karaia and Beckham carved their pumpkins all by themselves! Thankfully my mom was there to help the too, too tired Tennyson figure out what to do while his older brother and sibbling got to use a saw that his mean ol' mom wouldn't let him use on his own. Thanks, Mom! I forgot to take pictures last night of their cute pumpkins, but I will do so tonight. They turned out darling.

Plus it means we get to smell pumpkin roasting over an open flame which is one of my most favorite smells and mean fall is officially here......now that it's almost winter.

Anyone else feel like they are always days behind?