Halloween 2016

Year four of getting these two to dress as a theme together for Halloween:

What's funny is we ran out of time this year to come up with something other than store-bought/generic costumes but it ended up working out with Todd getting involved to paint the kids' faces. 

Test run. 

Face paint combined with punk-rock skeleton from Amazon = Success. 

This is what Thatcher picked out online. He couldn't wear the mask to school because of the rules so it made the two kids match better otherwise he was what Amazon called, "Dead Man Rockin'" 

Pumpkin Carving

Sam did an emoji: 😬! 

I did an emoji too: 😩

5:30 AM wake-up call on Halloween to get to school on time. 

Peabody parade!

I decided to join the kids in doing a half skeleton face. I actually, believe it or not, painted the first part of my face myself.

Todd had to do the more intricate part. 

Gathering at Shoreline Park before trick-or-treating

My Sammy opted to go trick-or-treating with her school friends in their neighborhood. Sniff, sniff. :(

Some dinner and drinks at Leanne's before heading out around the neighborhood with friends. 

We had an early night and returned home to answer the door for a few brave kids that took the long walk down our driveway. 

I'm thinking next year it will be tough to get Sam and Thatcher to dress as a theme together. At the rate Sam is going, she will probably be too cool to dress up. We shall see for next year!

Halloween 2015

Halloween 2015 kicked off with a field trip to Lane Farms with Thatcher's kindergarten class. 

Halloween artwork began to grace our fridge. 

Then it was costume time! I convinced these two to be In-N-Out burger workers. This may be the last time I can get them to pair up together for Halloween. 

They paired last year as Gaucho Ole' and his Cowgirl

And Minions the year before that. 

I began collecting things online and from In-N-Out to piece together their costumes. 

We ate more In-N-Out than I care to think about during the month of October collecting hats and stickers. 

With the power of good ole' Google I found the actual manufacturer that makes the badges for In-N-Out and it just so happened I needed to order two badges for some new employees. ;) 

This year, we were hosting a neighborhood Halloween party with our neighbors so our entire family needed to dress up. We thought about pairing up with the kids and Todd being this hamburger and me....

Fries? Sexy Fries?! No thank you. 

We ended up going with "Cozy Shark" for me which looked nothing like this photo and Todd was a surfer that was attacked by "Cozy Shark". 

This was the most unflattering, ridiculous looking costume I had ever seen. 

Mary, my awesome neighbor, and I had a blast getting ready for the big day. 

Pumpkin Carving time for the fam!

Dressed up for Halloween at school.

Looking like they belong in the cafeteria. 

During the parade at school the kids passed out In-N-Out stickers. 

I picked them up from school and their costumes evolved into what looks like a bus boy at a restaurant would wear. 

On actual Halloween, it was time for the party!!!

Bounce house testing by the Fallon boys. 

Party time!

My sweet friend Tammy brought jello shots in actual shots! So fun!

You can barely spy our old neighbor and now frequent babysitter, Sofia, mid-bounce house. About ten minutes into the party there were two bloody noses and a minor fight between kids. So we hired Sofia to regulate. The poor thing sat at the top of the bounce house for 4 hours making sure one at a time went down the slide and that everyone was behaving. 

At one point, I think the entire Mesa arrived at our house. 

As soon as it got dark, we moved all the party stuff inside our garages and it was time to head out trick-or-treating. Thatcher did a quick costume change into something we have in our costume bin (I am not even sure what he is but he was such a good sport about being the In-N-Out burger worker that I let it go) and then off we went. 

There were several haunted houses on the Mesa, some too scary for the kids actually. 

And then we woke up to Thatcher eating breakfast...