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Halloween, the post my Mom has been looking forward to

November 3, 2011 Ticia 9 Comments

I’ve gotten several not so subtle comments about a lack of seeing Halloween pictures, “Where’s my grandbabies?  Why haven’t you put any pictures up?”  So on and so forth………

 

So Mom, this post’s for you!

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It’s amazing how kids change from year to year.  Last year the kids kind of willingly helped out, this year they were more willing to dig in, with the exception of Princess who was just not down wit this whole idea of getting her hands dirty…….

 

 

I tried the idea for the extra pumpkin we had of using the cookie cutter and a mallet.  I discovered: 1.  It needs a metal one to work at all and 2.  This plan destroyed my little cookie cutter, and I probably needed a better mallet.

 

Maybe I should have read the directions on the post instead of just looking at the picture on Pinterest…….

 

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I made the bat wings using more or less the same plan as last year.  Sigh, it’s formatting all funny.  Fixed it by deleting the pictures and re-putting them in.

 

As per usual for my kids they of course changed their minds right up until the last minute, which is why I didn’t start making any costumes until last Friday……  And then spent an afternoon mumbling under my breath about tucks in little girl dresses and why don’t they cooperate?

 

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This year the kids were really into it, and so there are fewer shots of them in action.  But, they were happy to glom onto a group of neighbors and run excitedly from house to house.  Princess is the only ones in the pictures because she was the slowest moving of them all.

 

There were less houses with lights on this year in our little loop, so we actually expanded beyond it to the next few streets. 

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All in all they made a good haul, and I rather think our pumpkins have a lot of character, what do you think?

Homeschool Holidays, memories Halloween

Comments

  1. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    November 3, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    Your idea of a last minute costume is a lot grander than mine – I probably would have cut arm and head holes in paper grocery bags, handed them a box of crayons, and told them to go to town 🙂 Very nice pumpkins!

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  2. Joyful Learner says

    November 3, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    Great job on the pumpkins!

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  3. Laurie says

    November 3, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    The costumes turned out nice and the pumpkins do have lots of character. We also did last minute costumes around here! The kids had a great time throwing them together (mine are older). Except my youngest, who borrowed a very cool clone trooper costume from his auntie.

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    November 3, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    Love the costumes – I can't believe that you whipped them up in an afternoon. It looks like you had a great Halloween.

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  5. Kylie says

    November 3, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    I think your pumpkins look cool too 🙂

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  6. Susan @ learning ALL the time!! says

    November 4, 2011 at 2:04 am

    You certainly are handy with the costumes, and the pumpkins do have character! 🙂

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  7. Christy says

    November 4, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    Nice pumpkins and costumes!!! I'm impressed.

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  8. Debbie says

    November 4, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    I am so with Leah! Your costumes turned out great. I forgot to send you the recipe for pumpkin cookies.

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  9. JDaniel4's Mom says

    November 4, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    They all look wonderful!

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