It's About Time

I have come out of the contractor hole (that kind of sounded sick, didn't it?) to FINALLY give a teeney weeney Halloween recap. Tonight I will just cover the costumes and then climb back into the dungeon of home improvement. I will later emerge for a few additional Halloween stories which include a 200 pound man whose nipples were on his neck, my biggest "therapeutic" breakthrough evah, haunted house with a pregnant woman and pumpkin carving with OCD children.

For now let's just address what everyone is wanting to know.....For those of you who are new to my costume conundrum - in a nutshell....Bradley wanted to dress up like a princess for Halloween. We decided to let him decide what he would be and just be cool with it. What did he decide? Drum roll please.......a witch. A masculine witch, if there is such a thing. We made every effort to make him scary. Green face.....cut off the sleeves.....green hair. I like to think of him as a hulk witch....who flew on a purple broom :)

My make up job was scarier than he was, unfortunately. I DID get fired from a face painting booth, you know. Now you know why.

Karah was a witch, as well (which explains Bradley's choice of costume. He wants to be just like her).

She was a sassafrass witch.....girly....princessey. She even had a cat....but Punzel wouldn't let us spray paint her black.

Bryce didn't want to be left out so he wore a T-shirt and tights - going as a little ghostie. Aunt Shanaynay held him as he got powdered and creamed. He was confused by this - since he is used to white cream and powder being applied to his bickies - not his head. Had we all gone mad??? If babies are capable of thinking things like "What in the hell..." that is SO what is going on here.

He decided it wasn't all bad when he got the whole "system" down.

1. Dad rings doorbell of house

2. Dad yells "trick or treat" in an awkward child voice

3. Person at doors asks baby a question that they lack development to answer

4. Awkward silence and Daddy answers for him..."Yes, he's having SO much fun tonight"

5. Person looks in candy bowl and finds treat that isn't choking hazard - and then looks at daddy like....."yeah right....like YOU aren't going to eat all of his candy!"

6. Find next house and repeat

John and Shanaynay were kind enough to hand out candy at the house so we could do our Trick-or-Treating as a family....with our friends....our 3rd Annual tradition!

And then the partaking.......