Soon after the arrival of our newest addition Halloween was upon us! I wasn't sure how my toddler was going to take to a costume, but I thought we could try it. We went into a Halloween store which had far too many goblins and mummies jumping out of boxes for our tastes... so we quickly decided against that plan. Their costumes were also supremely overpriced.

Luckily, Katie went through her mom's closet and found an old hand sewn cape and hat from Grammy. It was going to be a cold October night, so the exterior cape worked beautifully! Drew was a dragon.

During the week we went down to the waterfront shopping area for more festivities. Drew got a piece of candy from each store and we all tried to stay warm. The kids costumes were hilarious! It was fun to see everyone dressed up and pregaming for Halloween!

We also tried to get into the festive spirit by carving Costco pumpkins! Paul carved the tiniest witch, and then went all out and carved a Mickey pumpkin for Drewman. It was pretty impressive! Lovis carved a Minion pumpkin! We had lots of compliments from the trick or treaters about our, and I quote, "mad pumpkin carving skillz".

The night of Halloween I stayed in with the baby and handed out candy while Drew, Katie, Paul, Lovis and Dale (of course) went out on the town. I handed out the previously sorted candy (we saved all the Twix and Snickers) to the neighborhood kids and encouraged them to take handfuls of Milky Ways and Three Musketeers!

It was a nice evening, followed by dinner to warm up and thaw our bones! I love these nights and simple memories. They are the best!

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