Addie decided a few months back that she wanted to be Curious George. Even if she wanted to be George just for that one day, she didn't realize that the balls had started rolling in her mommy and daddy's head to come up with a good family ensemble costume to accompany George. Last week she decided to be a cheerlearer. Sorry, chica, the decision was done, no more mind-changing like last year.
So we hit the thrift store, Target, the fabric store, and Michaels craft store to pull it all together. Here Addie and Steve are "cooking up" some of Steve's costume.
Addie all dressed up as Curious George for the Halloween parade at school on Thursday. Note, the mask was no longer part of her costume after this picture.
Trying to get a group of 10 two-to-three-year-olds together for one picture is the true definition of chaos.
At least we got a cute picture in!
Grandpa Gabi came for a visit over Halloween weekend! I honestly don't think anyone in the world but Addie could have convinced him to wear a blue wig, a scarf, and a bracelet. No, he did not wear this trick-or-treating :)
Cole having a giggle with Gabi
Cheese!
Gaga, Dan, and Gabi came over Halloween morning to sample some of Steve's famous pancakes and to help carve Jack o' Lanterns
Dan kept Cole safe from the little knives and pumpkin seeds
Check out our cool o'lanterns!
The fam left and we all napped. Then we headed out while it was still light out to put spiderwebs all over our bushes. 
While we were webbing up our house, we bundled Cole up in this adorable pumpkin outfit.
A natural little model
We had mummified sausages and goblin fingers for dinner.
Addie and I working on a special treat...
..."Ghost" bananas for dessert
Oh you want to see the rest of our costumes? Okay :) Last night we went to our friend Kate's Halloween party and debuted the ensemble....
From left to right: Starring Cole as a Chiquita Banana (you know, cuz Monkeys eat bananas...), Steve as The Man in the Yellow Hat (Curious George's lovable, but somewhat irresponsible owner), Monica as an "Animal Control" representative, and...of course, Ms. Adeline Eve as the cheeky monkey, Curious George.
And then we had a photo shoot at home tonight before trick-or-treating
George eyeing the delicious little banana
George and his friend, the Man with the Yellow Hat
George, about to be captured by animal control
Animal control doesn't want to take George away from his friend, Animal control just wants to give the Man the "Idiot's Guide to Responsible Pet Ownership." Man with the Yellow Hat, please stop randomly disappearing so your monkey can make trouble and then showing up at the last minute AFTER George has already redeemed himself
One last family shot (thank you, self-timer! Addie took the above shot--not bad, eh?) before heading out.
We all headed out to the neighborhood for Addie's first real trick-or-treating experience! Cole and I only stayed for the first handful of houses. Then our little banana started smelling questionable, so home we went to change a diaper and hand candy out to the other kiddos in the neighborhood.
Addie had a BLAST and couldn't wait to get into her loot.
I'm happy to report that even after 4 pieces of candy before bed, she fell fast asleep, PHEW!
We kept telling Cole that he isn't old enough to eat candy yet, but that didn't stop him from trying. Over and over and OVER again. Caught in the act :)
So all in all, Halloween 2010 was a blast. This day kicks off the holiday season, so it sounds like we're in for a couple months of fun, food, and family! Bring it on!
4 comments:
The kids look so000 happy!! and of course you all look great.
Great post. I love the pic of Addie and Steve with their mugs outside while they dye Steve's pants. And of Cole stealing candy. That boy cannot wait for his first taste of the good stuff.
Erin, you are so right abut Cole - he has this "stop depriving me" look.
I hope you are well.
So did Steve leave Addie at any point in the night and tell her to "wait right here," while he went off to take care of some unnecessary business?
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