This Halloween is Part of a Complete Breakfast

I loved our Halloween costume theme this year! The cereal mascots were so fun and the kids loved it and they loved getting their own boxes of cereal. It was so fun. 
The costumes were, as usual, a labor of love but they were worth it.

I almost said no to themed Halloween costumes this year. I almost just said that everyone could wear what they could find in their dress up boxes. But then I decided that I wouldn't let 2020 beat me like that. So here is our Halloween 2020!

Tanner was the most handsome Captain Crunch in history. He loved his huge hat and his white mustache. I made his blue top and his hat, but I found some old white pants from another costume and he wore those. 

Benson was the cutest "Tony the Tiger" ever. Seriously, his blue nose was killing me. 

This was the easiest costume. All I had to do was buy a tiger costume and the red bandana. 

Bailey's costume was the most time intensive. I made her wings, her tail and her hat. It took so long to cut and sew all those feathers, but she loved it and that made it more worth it. I think I loved her hat the most. She called herself "Toucan Samantha" instead of "Toucan Sam". 

Tucker made the most perfect leprechaun ever. He already has a naturally mischievously personality so this was perfect for him. He loved his costume and he loved it too. This costume was pretty easy. I just had to take in his pants, but that was it. 

Chris, again, wins best husband of the year. I ordered his costume on amazon and he wore like the good sport that he is. He was a pretty great "Fred Flintstone"

I was the bee from honey nut cheerios. My costume was also really easy. Tanner took these pictures from me and I'm proud to say, he's becoming a great little photographer. 

I sure love these cute little mascots!

Halloween day we went to the "Trunk-or-Treat" I had organized. I invited a bunch of other families and there were around 20 families there. I had marked off the parking lot so that every car was parked in every other spot. And then I marked the walking direction so that no one passed walking opposite direction. Everyone followed the directions well and wore masks. I felt pretty safe the whole time and I feel like it was a great turnout. 
Here are the kids outside our trunk. 

Afterwards, the kids went over to the cousin's house to play for 1 1/2 hours. Then we picked them back up and we all went trick or treating together. The kids wore masks and waited to approach the doors after other kids had left. We cleaned our hands constantly and it was great. The kids had a great time and I'm glad we didn't let COVID kill Halloween. 

This little boy really loved trick-or- treating and kept yelling "free candy, free candy!" over and over. It was so comical.

It was a great Halloween. We had so much fun and the kids got all the candy they could ask for. 

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. 

 

Halloween Fun

We've spent the month having lots of Halloween fun together. It's the best!

Because we homeschool now, we have have endless time together and get to do fun projects like making Halloween pajamas. How cute are these pajamas? The kids worked so hard on their pants and they were so proud of themselves. We finished these pants on October first and the kids have been wearing them all month. 

I told the kids to strike a smile and Benson pulled out "finger guns". I absolutely lost it. I started laughing so hard and could hardly hold my camera straight. He's such a funny kid. 

We also had the Drake cousins over for a Halloween movie night. 
We missed the Allred cousins but we had fun. We watched "Hocus Pocus" and had popcorn and orange soda. The kids have been missing their cousins so this was a fun treat for them. 
This pandemic is so isolating!

We also had a "class" Halloween party. If the kids had been in school, enrolled in normal life, they would be having a Halloween party. So we decided to have our own. Because their Halloween pjs had eyeballs on them, we decided to have an eye ball themed party. 

The kids all wore their Halloween pajamas and it was fun!

We also made a Halloween jack-o-lantern pizza and watched "Double Double Toil and Trouble". 

Another night, before Halloween, we went on our Haunted Express ride. The kids loved this. 
I made these cute tickets and each kid got a cup of hot chocolate. 

We loaded up and drove all around the "Trail of Fears" to see tons of different haunted light displays.

We all loved it. Our city puts out a map with all the houses that are decked out for Halloween and there were tons of houses. We had a great time finding all the spooky setups. 

Then a couple nights before Halloween, we finally got our pumpkins carved. 

The kids did most of it themselves this year and I was grateful. I don't love carving pumpkins. 

Halloween is tomorrow and I'm so excited for our costumes. Stay tuned for the big reveal!