Halloween 2015

Halloween #1

 (Two days before Halloween)

I feel like we're in quite the Halloween rythm - it really is one of my favorite times of the year. We hosted the Bridges party again - a group that works with international students at UT and ACC. 

Here's the garage set-up for pumpkin carving. 

Students playing some sort of wrap the mummy game (student + toilet paper).

Eating chili and hanging out.

Listening to a fun recap of the history of Halloween.

Costume contest.

Getting ready to do some pumpkin damage.

Rebecca joined right in with a group. I think she actually dictated the design - but they went with it.

Here she is with her group (and their fairy pumpkin - no surprise) and wrapping another little guy (who just went with it).

O & K worked on a star wars themed one. Rebecca helped. I have no idea where Maggie was during most of this.

The line-up. And Owen's.

The group.

Halloween #2
On Saturday night we did the full neighborhood Halloween. Everyone came up with their costume this year...except Kyle. I ran out of steam so he was gracious enough to repeat his Waldo. Plus, he just makes such a perfect Waldo!
I'm Katniss Everdeen (Hunger games), Maggie is a Minion, Rebecca is Twinkle Bell (she and I made her costume - completely her brain child - from the dress that she wore in Alex/Deidre's wedding) and Owen is Obi-wan Kenobi.

Mom came over in her gypsy get-up to hand out candy. She is the best. Hands down.

Maggie Minion.

Twinkle Bell (plus Rosalon with matching costume, by Rebecca)

No prompt needed - serious Owen doing his best serious Jedi look as Obi-wan.

Hitting the pavement, candy buckets in tow (not us, just the kids)

Got to walk the hood with several fun neighbor friends, not the least of which is the Murray family - in full double-Darth-Vader star wars mode (plus giant dog as an AT/AT and the best Princess Leigh of all 25 we saw).

So thankful for this friend.

Check out her amazing knitted Leia hair.

And who is Katniss without Effie Trinket - nobody. It was so fun to find her wandering the neighborhood. We or course had to take a pic. She was in full character - introducing me as her tribute. Come to find out she is the actress who played Buddy Garrety's wife/x-wife in the show Friday Night Lights.

Maggie loving some Minion pumpkins.

Owen and Oliver - Captain Jack Sparrow.

We wanted to take full advantage of the fact that Halloween would be on a weekend night this year (and not again for 6 years) so we rented a big outdoor screen and showed It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on repeat a couple of times.

Kids were hopped up on sugar and completely mesmerized and still.

Great great Halloween. Love our hood. Love the fun with the kids. Love the parental duty to eat all of Owen's peanut butter candy. 

Maggie (4) has definitely gotten the hang of trick or treating - she would YELL: Trick or Treat, Thank you, Happy Halloween - all in about one breath. 

So: TRICK OR TREAT THANK YOU HAPPY HALLOWEEN!