Halloween fun

I love hand-me-downs.  Talk about money saver!  Especially when it comes to one-time-wear items like a baby's Halloween costume.  Savannah's Halloween outfit was a hand-me-down from a friend's friend.  Isn't she the sweetest little ladybug you've ever seen?!

That was just about the only smile we got out of her that evening.  Mostly, she didn't want to look at the camera and preferred to frown...as you can see...

Cory and I enjoy dressing up for Halloween, and being our first as a family of three, we wanted to coordinate somehow.  The easiest idea we came up with was for me to be a bug along with Savannah and Cory would be a bug catcher.  [I almost just put exterminator instead of bug catcher, but it really made the whole idea sound much more grim.]  So I made myself an inexpensive ... oh nevermind, I'll just say it ... CHEAP bumblebee outfit - complete with spray painted t-shirt, pipe cleanenr antennae, styrofoam cone stinger, and wire hanger/cellophane wings.

Mr. Pest Control donned khaki pants, military boots, polo with magic-markered logo, desert hat with netting hot glued to it, and a bamboo shoot/wire hanger/netting bug-catching apparatus.

I don't think we spent more than 10 dollars on all three costumes combined (which, as stated on Facebook, is painfully obvious from looking at mine).  When it comes to things like this, we are the ultimate do-it-yourself-ers...and the cheaper the better.

While we waited for the sun to start setting and trick-or-treaters to appear, Savannah and her Daddy had a little heart-to-heart about this, that, and the other.

And there's not a picture of it, but we put the little 13" TV from my craft room outside so we could watch the Rangers play while we handed out candy.  Just about every parent asked us the score as they walked by.

All-in-all, we had a pretty spooktacular first Halloween as a family.  A pumpkin was carved for each of us...a big one for Daddy, a medium sized one for Mommy, and a little baby one for Savvy.

It's just too bad that she had to go and spit up all over her ladybug outfit before the end of the night, but luckily one of her three other Halloween related onesies was close at hand.  :o)


We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween this year!