Our entire family dresses up each year for Halloween. Blood, guts and horror are not allowed and we encourage creativity and thriftiness. For years, I dressed up as a pumpkin. One year Hannah asked why I was always a pumpkin. She couldn't imagine choosing the same costume year after year. In my mind, I thought it was great for my kids that their mom would dress up. Perspective. The last couple of years, I have been a scarecrow. It was a cheap costume to put together: overalls, raffia to look like straw, some hot glue, a flannel shirt from the Goodwill and a straw hat.
This year Hannah wanted to be a dragon queen. She has some dragon wings she bought at the Renaissance Festival. She bought red paint for her face and I bought a set that is supposed to be a devil's tail and horns for a few dollars. Dressing as a devil is on our "no" list, but she just used the tail which worked well for a dragon. She has a couple dragon puppets she also bought a the Renaissance Festival and she put one on her shoulder.
Aaron decided to go as a ninja. He has a black belt and just wore black. He made a throwing star out of paper.
PK was his usual wizard sporting his Harvard robe and a hat.
Rachel wore the same thing she did last year. There is a rule in the county that kids over twelve can't trick-or-treat, so Rachel happily walked around with us.
Hannah spent several hours making a costume for Holly. She was a princess. The costume lasted about two minutes, but Hannah was just glad that we managed to snap a few pictures.
Several years ago roast and veggies with pumpkin muffins became our traditional Halloween dinner. It is an easy crockpot meal which is helpful on a night where kids need to get into costumes and have some fun before bedtime since Halloween usually falls on a school night.
We enjoyed our yummy dinner and then met up with our neighbors to trick-or-treat through the neighborhood.
Aaron and Hannah finished up the night with their annual candy swap. They set up a place to conduct the swap and make a boundary line (in this case the computer cord).
Then on of them will put down a piece of candy they are willing to trade. Aaron has offered up a FULL size Hershey Bar.
The other person offers up a trade. Hannah has offered up a miniature Twix, Milk Duds and Rolos.
The trade is either accepted or rejected. They continue this until they one person has no more candy they are willing to trade.
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