Halloween 2012

Trick or Treat!

We had a great time trick or treating with the Cousins, the Halls and Theresa N.  Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of the younger Hall kids.

Molly Grace, the princess



Elmo was there...

...but preferred the hood "OFF"

Conal was Indiana Jones. I'm not sure who Aidan was by name, other than one of the bad guy in the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom movie.  So, these two were a pair - good guy, bad guy. Ah, ya, given his getup, Aidan was, without a doubt, the bad guy LOL.

Group shot here.  Theresa N was a cowgirl, Anna, Bridget and Colleen were genies.  Clare and Teresa were princesses of India and Seamus was the great pumpkin.

Margaret was Dorothy, and Molly Grace

Teresa and Seamus (makeup courtesy of Eileen)

Halloween!

We had a cold, fun night!

Here are our Greek godesses (Bridget and Colleen) holding Darth Vadar.  Hmmm, what an interesting combination!

Patamay (Molly Grace) and a lovely princess (Margaret)

Our little bunny

Brett Favre (Emmett).....who else would you expect in Green Bay this weekned?!

Indiana Jones (Aidan)

Princess Leia (Teresa)

Conal (Hmm, I am drawing a blank on remember who he was.  He did have some great boots though), Emmett and friend, Peter

We were so busy I missed taking pictures of several of our trick or treaters.  Peter has five siblings who were adorable.  I'm sorry I don't have more pictures!

Halloween Preview

Seamus is breaking tradition. Every baby in our family has, up until Seamus, been a cute little pumpkin for their first Halloween. Isn't a pumpkin just the perfect costume for a baby?  But no, not this year. Is Seamus going to be a cute bunny? No. Is he going to wear our ladybug or bumble bee costume? Nope again. Instead, he is going to be........




Darth Vadar (and yes, my older kids talked me into it)

Happy Halloween!

Of course the planning for this evening had been done months in advance. Of course.

In reality, I think I said something to the effect of "If you don't yet have a costume, go pick something out of the dress-up bin in the basement. You've got about 15 minutes to be ready!"

We did put in our time with the pumpkins.  The kids drew up their pumpkin plans and Mike carved and carved and carved....poor guy. Next year I think he'll get smart and pull out the electric drill.

Here's the way the pumpkins looked before the dog got a hold of them:

Teresa's...




Aidan's and Molly Grace's (Erin's is uncarved in the back. It was last on the list and Mike ran out of steam)...




Poor Moira. She had a beautifully detailed Celtic design for her pumpkin that she had started on, but the whole thing collapsed. She was intent to throw it in the woods, but then she got sick, so I took the liberty to put it on the blog anyway...



Bridget's...



Hmmm...I'm not sure what happened to Eileen's pumpkin. I'll blame it on the dog :)


And now for the costumes:

The cute trio of Raggedy Ann dolls (Bridget, Colleen and Eileen)...




Aidan the Good Packer Vampire. He wanted everybody to know that he was good. I told him to say, "May I pleeeease suck your blood?" (A week or so ago Aidan announced he was going to be a mini wheat! Where this came from, I have no idea. Then Grandma sent this costume in the mail, which she made. Nice save, Grandma!)




Emmett. Hmmmm...I'm just not sure. A plumber? I do know, however, that the plunger is an integral part of this costume. And I believe that is toilet paper hanging from his back pocket. Yup, he must be a plumber!




Even more interesting. I think I'll let Owen explain this one...



Conal-boy as Jack Sparrow...




Teresa with a last minute costume pick. A cheerleader. But hey, where's the green and gold? What town do you live in anyway!?




Molly Grace (princess) and Margaret (Snow white) were too busy to get a picture. And Moira volunteered to pass out candy, but ended up getting sick.



And last but not least, the little pumpkin herself...