Haaaalloweeen

It was so fun to have 2 kids excited about Halloween this year!  Last night, Donovan said, "I wish it could be Halloween every day."  I told him it wouldn't be as special, so he said, "If it were just 2 days in a row, it would still be special."  I'm not sure about that.  It was a lot of work!  But fun!  I love trick or treating with my kids...even when Chamae is being a pill...more on that further down...

Donovan has been itching to get to the pumpkin patch, so we finally set aside a day to go, and Brad ended up not being able to join us, so the kids picked out his pumpkin...which he never actually carved...

 Chamae was more excited than she looks here.

 
 We got so many pumpkins!  I thought they were going to fall out, so Donovan tried to keep them in the wagon.

 Donovan drew what he wanted, and Brad cut it out for him.

 Chamae found what she wanted online and I drew it freehand so Brad could carve it.  Can you guess what it is?

 Chamae's friend Lola's birthday is at the end of October, so she had a little witches party.  It was so cute!

 Donovan wanted to decorate cookies, so we invited our friends over for dinner and decorating cookies the day before Halloween.  It was entertaining, as always.

 I put the girls in the tub, just so they'd stay out of the mess!

 Chamae was supposed to be Hermoine Granger this year, but she wouldn't wear the scarf that would have tied the outfit together, so I had to start from scratch and decided she'd be a witch.  We had left her hat at Lola's when we header to the library to trick or treat in the morning, so we just did crazy hair.

 That night, it took me telling her she could wear makeup to convince her to wear the witch hat.

 Donovan made an awesome Harry Potter!!! Brad scheduled a late practice, forgetting it was Halloween, so we stopped by to show him their costumes before heading out.

 The cousins before going out.

 Seriously, has there ever been a cuter Harry Potter?  He'd make such a handsome nerd.

 The witch that wouldn't let anyone help her with her bucket, even though it contributed to her tripping multiple times.  I would try to help her and she would growl, "no, mine!"  Seriously, she growled...every time.  Little stinker.  After a while, her bucket was too heavy and since she wouldn't let me carry it, I took her back to her cousin's house to pass out candy while the rest of the kids kept going.

 The seasoned professionals.