G-Ville enjoying our annual tradition of "Boo Stew" (recipe thanks to our very own Hallow-Mimi)
Happy Halloween all!!
I know the Ohio grandparents are falling out of their seats with great Halloween costume anticipation... So here you have it, the 2010 G-Ville unveiling of the bugs and arachnids.
First we have the deadly black widow :
(spider costumes hand-made with love by Mimi!)
Followed by the Goliath Tarantula (largest spider in the world, FYI):
And then the sweet bee:
And of course our little ladybug (lower left):
We even captured the theme in some of our pumpkins...
And here's a shot of the whole clan:
GG and I never procured costumes for ourselves. I got as far as last-minute, homemade antennae for my butterfly get-up, but never found wings. It just had to do to get us out the door in time! J barely made it out of the house before being scared by a Scream mask. He high-tailed it inside and was happy to hang with Mimi and Papa sans costume. Oh well--at least we got a few photos, right? He kept saying, "I stay here" over and over again to ensure no one would take him outside for the rest of the night. Poor, traumatized little fella! The big boys seemed to have a great time, though they lost steam pretty quickly after running up and down nearby driveways. Our little ladybug petered out quickly and slept in her daddy's arms as we traveled. Too cute. We were thankful their little candy buckets got full fast, which meant it was time to go home!! Yahoo!!
Halloween--check!
I look forward to getting the candy out of the house as quickly as possible...
"Why?" You ask.
Well because today I've consumed the following: 2 K.K. donuts, 2 Kit Kats, 1 small Snickers, 1 pouch of Sour Patch Kids, and 1 Reeses PB Cup. Ugh. Talk to me tomorrow about my postpartum fitness plan. lol. :) And here today is supposed to be the day when I should be worrying about my children's sugar consumption, not mine! Oh well!!
Cheers to a Happy Halloween and a wonderful day of aftermath tomorrow!
God bless the teachers.
God bless you,
8 comments:
Great costumes! Our little guy was also scared by a scream costume! He was handing out candy and when he got to that guy, he backed away from the door and started crying...it was so sad!
so cute...love the costumes :)Poor J! My girls were pretty afraid of all the scary costumes as well.
Would have been so honored to have the aracnoids, bee and ladybug at our door! Even the wingless butterfly. You are all adorable!! (sadly, i think i have you beat on candy consumption) :-(
I stand corrected...arachnids! Oops!
Great job on the costumes Mimi!! And great job getting everyone out the door and lined up for a photo B-mama! Sounds like the boys had a great time. And, so you took one for the team...you ate the candy in order to save your children's teeth...just another sacrifice that parents make. :)
I love this post. So cute!!! And I will never forget that cake from Wegman's in our room senior year. You didn't want to eat an entire piece, so you just kept helping yourself to one small forkful at a time. Soon enough, you felt very very sick, and about half the cake was gone ;-) Too funny. Old habits die hard. I have no doubt you will run it off tomorrow...you were always good at that too!
Funny how we all have similar experiences. I am the same way with the candy. Curse of the sweet tooth. Teeny also got scared out of her pants last year by a stupid "Scream" mask. They ruin the holiday, those masks. This year we just did trick or treating with the school in government contractors' office buildings. Nothing scary bout that, thank heavens!
First of all, the. costumes. are. adorable!! Kudos to Mimi! She has quite the knack. Sorry to hear that J didn't make it this year, but you know he'll be right in the mix next year! :) Last, thanks for the props for all the teachers out there on the day after Halloween. We were off- thank goodness!
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