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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Halloween 2014

In my usual, on the ball, fashion.  I am just now getting around to posting our Halloween pictures!

This year we were missing Rainman because he had to work.  But our wonderful friends still invited us over to a quick pizza dinner and Trick or Treating.  But, first our pumpkins!






Apparently, D-man escaped the individual pumpkin shot this year. You get distracted when you have 6 kids, you know..... Grrrr....


 He is in this one though.....along with my psuedo-kids....the neighbor boys (J-boy and Spider-man/C-boy - isn't his face paint awesome?)

Now, for our costumes....

Yes, I am wearing padding...that is NOT all me!

This one is a total  inside joke because D-man is dressed as his cousin.....this guy.....

Who also occasionally looks like this....


Anyway.....back to my offspring!


Rapunzel from Tangled.


Anna from Frozen.  I will just take a moment to brag on L-girl for a minute.  She made her costume.  She sewed the dress, AND, she hand painted the Scandinavian flower design on the front!  So proud.


I know.  It is not politically correct at all, but I comforted myself with the fact that my sister and I went as "hobos", back in the day, complete with bandana knapsacks tied to a stick....with coffee ground beards....and decided it would be okay.

Elsa from Frozen.  L-girl made this dress, complete with swirling cape for S-girl.

And to complete our Frozen-centric costume theme this year.  V-girl as Olaf!

Here is she being created by Elsa....


And a better shot of her cute little carrot nose with Rapunzel.

 
 As usual, the weather for Halloween here in the South, was spectacular.  Not too hot, not too cold.  Just right.  I will share a little bit of our fun town fall celebrations in another post.  But, thought I would get these out there for you before Thanksgiving!  Ha!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Halloween

We had a beautiful night for Trick Or Treating in Georgia, this year.  Here are a few pictures from our night.  We went with some good friends we met when we first moved here....the husband was our mortgage banker....so, if you need a good one in the Atlanta area....let me know.  He is awesome!



S-girl was Snow White for our church party....but, she was a cowgirl for Halloween.


A-man was a racecar driver.  Quick can anyone tell me what "kind" of word racecar is???


L-girl was going to be Jasmine but she got her hair cut and then we were going to try to darken her skin color....but it wasn't a good look for her....so she went as I Dream of Jeannie, instead.


A-girl went as a pirate....Yikes.....when did she get so old and grown up looking?


D-man was Harry Potter....

And Rainman was....

Isn't he a cutie?  I didn't even make him dress up this year!!!!

I was a flower....but didn't get a good picture of me.  Here we are right before heading out.


Trick or Treating here in Georgia is like walking through a Southern Living Magazine or Family Fun. 

Everything is beautiful and well manicured....there are fires....



Beautiful porches....with well manicured shrubs.....


Beautiful flowering bushes....on October 31st.....


And this.....


Sigh.....it is so pretty and quiet....


I love this place.

The kids headed inside for the inevitable candy exchange....then home to bed.





It was a very good day!  Thanks again Smith family!






Monday, July 25, 2011

May the Force Be With You

Last week one of our local libraries held a special event.


And the kids dressed for the event.

We had 3 Princess Leia's.....


And a Boba Fett and Darth Vader....


The library had these....

A Storm Trooper...or is it...Clone Trooper....I can't keep them straight.

A Darth...


The Creepy Anakin - right before he becomes Darth Vader...


As creepy as he looks - he was actually a very nice man.  When he saw that V-girl was getting scared, he took his hood down so she could see he was just a regular guy!


S-girl looks a little nervous that her "father" may not have the best of intentions.

D-man did not go in costume.  He complained about having to go - even though he loves Star Wars - and ended up having fun.  I think it just didn't seem like a cool thing for a teenage boy to do.  But, I think he got over that after seeing how excited his siblings were to see the characters.

Now, let's talk about V-girl for a minute.  I have shared with you here and here about some of her seemingly fearless escapades.

Well, we have found her Achille's Heel....


She was terrified of Yoda,  or, as she called it  "Pup-Pup"....which I assume is 1 year old speak for puppet!

Really, they all had a great time.

Oh, and here are the kids unmasked...so you know who is who....


May the Force Be With You!  And by "Force", I mean God!