Halloween 2015

In honor of Baby Waldo we went with a Where's Waldo theme for our Halloween costumes. It was the perfect costume for being 37 weeks pregnant. Comfortable and little fuss! And as a plus Collin LOVED it! I made the hats using the nifty knitter looms and then hunted down some stripe shirts- Collin's from Target, mine from Goodwill and Michael's we resorted to ordering from Amazon. And the glasses were photo booth props I stumbled upon at Hobby Lobby.

 

 We got into the Halloween spirit by decorating the house. I loved how our Frankenstein front door turned out. That was a quick, in between Conference sessions project using supplies we already had. We also painted pumpkins. And took a family trip to the pumpkin patch (aka over priced pumpkins scattered on the lawn in front of a local church with some props and bales of hay). We had fun walking around for a few minutes and then drove around town to the grocery stores looking for pumpkins. Which ended up being harder then expected. Lesson learned don't wait till the week of Halloween. But Michael did end up finding some when he went out later that night. I kept tradition of painting mine, Collin painted his and Michael carved. Collin was not a fan of the pumpkin guts, but he did love the finished product.

 

 

Collin was lucky enough to get to wear his costume for the few days leading up to Halloween. On Thursday we had story time at the library. Then Friday we got to trick or treat around City Hall and then helped pass out candy from Michael's office. And then Saturday on Halloween we went to our ward trunk-or-treat, which got moved in doors because of rain, and then went trick or treating around a block in the Wilcox's neighborhood. He made the cutest little Waldo!

 

 Happy to discover he still fit into last years costume. We wore it around the house one day and practiced our trick or treating.

 The kiddos insisted on holding both of Michael's hands

Collin was at such a fun age for Halloween! Last year he was just barely walking and had little interest in holding his treat bucket. This year he perfected "trick or treat please" and was even brave enough to say it most of the time and he knew to knock on the doors- maybe next year he will learn that one knock is enough ;) And he was so brave he would try to help himself to the candy instead of letting the person give it to him, we'll work on that for next year too ;)

 

Holidays are much more exciting through the eyes of a little kid! And I loved having a family themed costume. Maybe we will follow in the footsteps of Grandpa Al and just be Waldo every year!