I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween this year! We had the best Halloween yet. Every year this gets more fun, as the boys get a little older and more participatory.
I learned a few things trick-or-treating this year:
1. Grown men in masks wandering around large groups of children kind of freak me out.
2. I love chocolate.
3. If you are a 17 year old chubby girl and trick-or-treating, and have to explain to people that you are not dressed as a "Fairy", you are a "Hot Fairy", maybe you're not.
4. Val is a better cookie decorator than I will ever be.
Aidan went as Leonardo the Ninja Turtle, which was what Dane was last year. (This is a recurring theme at our house. Last year Aidan was a dinosaur, which, you guessed it, Dane was the previous year.) Brandon made the Ninja Turtle costume last year, after observing the cheesy Turtle costumes being sold in the stores. Dane went as a Knight in Shining Armor. He has no idea what a knight is, he just knows that weapon-carrying is involved. And he got to pose with a big sword much of the night. Big Boy Joel went as a lion, which, apparently, also involves weapons (nun-chucks, to be more specific).
Ever try to take a picture of three boys as they are preparing to trick-or-treat? This was the best it got:
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He's going to kill me when he is 19 and I show these pictures to his girlfriend.
When we finished trick-or-treating, we returned to Val and Izzy's house for a bit of sugar cookie decorating. I was quite proud of my purple, lopsided pumpkin with near-legible icing-writing. I am normally not quite so artistic. Of course, Brandon kept asking me what "Manoy" was...
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On a completely unrelated note, one week from today my baby sister is marrying Andy. Not-Quite-Uncle-Andy ("NQUA"), also dressed up for Halloween. He is Raphael, 2nd from the left in this picture.
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Then I saw Val's cookies and my Inferiority Complex Involving All Things Artistic flared up:
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Then I saw the last cookie Val decorated and was reminded of one of the many reasons why I love my sister-in-law:
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2 comments:
AWESOME pictures of the cutest littles ever! :o)
I wrote on Andy's Facebook Wall yesterday that I thought it was cool that he and Aidan were both Ninja Turtles for Halloween. Ha ha. Love y'all!
I love their costumes. They would have swords : ) See you this weekend at the weddin'!
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