Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Halloween 2011

We had such a fun Halloween this year! We kind of went all out and I had so much fun doing it.  This year we went with a Greek theme. Austin was Hercules and Matthew and I were Zeus and Hera. We watched the Hercules movie a few times leading up to Halloween so that Austin would know his character. I decided to make our costumes this year and during the whole process Austin would not try on anything. I was so worried he really would not wear it come time, but he ended up being a great sport (Matthew too!)  I actually had a lot of fun working on this project as Matthew has spend most evenings away studying leaving my evenings very open.



This one you can actually see Matthew's lighting bolt and my pregnant tummy (since I have very much been lacking in taking belly pictures this time)

Austin complete with a cape and a sword

Over the weekend we went to our church Trunk or Treat party. Austin loved playing all the games and seeing his friends dressed up, but once he saw the cupcakes everything had to pause and he HAD to have a cupcake break.

 He understood much better this year how to go trick or treating and thoroughly loved picking out candy to put in his bag.

He liked picking out candy based on the color of the wrapper. He loves yellow therefore we have lots of peanut M&M's  and milk duds which I am perfectly ok with!

Then on Halloween, Matthew's school put on a carnival for the kids. We first went trick or treating to the different offices on campus. Austin really understood this time and was off down the hallway from door to door.

He especially loved going with his good friend Peter who went as such a cute Robin Hood. I think Austin's favorite prize of the day was the toothbrush he got from the dental office. He wanted to hold it the whole time. 

Once again, when Austin won a cupcake on the cupcake walk we immediately had to have a snack break. This kid is obsessed with cupcakes. Midwestern put on such a good carnival as you can see in the background.  There was lots of candy, games, and crafts for the kids.

We all had such a good time and Austin was pretty worn out by the end of it. Overall, we had a blast celebrating Halloween this year!
  

5 comments:

Kiya said...

Yeah, LOVED the costumes. They were so well put together and looked exactly like the characters! Nice job!

Heather said...

Your costumes were amazing and I am always in awe of your wonderful sewing talent. You were a beautiful Hera and Austin-just too cute!

Aubrey Jane said...

Fabulous costumes, what an awesome idea! Love the pregnant belly :)

Julie said...

Such beautiful costumes! You did an amazing job and I'm so glad we got to see them in person. :)

Jenna said...

Austin is so cute in those pictures! I love that he HAS to have a cupcake.