Halloween '13

October and November are my favorite months, but it felt like October was suddenly just over and gone.  I guess having a newborn made it all fly by.  We spent most of it having cozy days at home.  

We did squeeze in a trip to pick out pumpkins and take them home to carve.

 Neely said she wanted hers to have a "sad face", so Jess made him sad and she was pleased.

 

Paige carved hers all by herself this year.

 

Cason drew the face on his and had Jess carve it.  Then he took the pieces Jess cut out and used toothpicks to turn them into horns.

Halloween was a blur as usual.  I always make the kids' first costumes and before he was even born I'd decided to make a stingray costume for Reed.  You'd think I'd have started it early, since I knew for weeks.  Nooo, I waited until the night before.  Of course my first attempt was a failure, and I was up until about 4 am.  So after three hours of sleep I got up for the day, and started cleaning and baking and sewing, to get his costume finished and get the house ready for our Halloween dinner.  Thankfully Grammy came over after work and Jess got off early, so Grammy helped get ready/held Reed while Jess cooked pumpkin pasta and I finished the costume just in time. The other kids wanted to be, from oldest to youngest, Little Red Riding Hood, Spider-Man, and American Dream.

Halfway through making his costume, just before the party started.  He was happy for one of the fittings...

...but not interested in wearing the finished product.

So he wore it for about 30 seconds.  Long enough for pictures.  Then he spent the rest of the party being held by family and friends while we took the big kids trick'or'treating.