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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope you all had a great Halloween. We had our little blizzardish snow storm Wed-Fri to close schools for a couple days, but it cleaned up nicely and warmed up perfectly just in time for some trick or treating.

This year, we decided to make our costumes. Dude wanted to be  Lego Darth Maul, so we went for it. Here’s a picture of the real Darth Maul . . .

And here’s our homemade Lego version

I think it turned out pretty well! Dude painted the face himself - it wasn’t the most practical costume for parties and school since they can’t wear masks at school parties, but he got tons of compliments on it while trick or treating, so he was happy.

Princess wanted to be Madeline. We ended up buying her costume because we couldn’t find the right yellow hat, and everyone knows that the hat is what makes Madeline Madeline Princess was soooo cute in her costume and got lots of compliments as well. She even cut 2 1/2 inchess off of her hair so she’d look more like Madeline - now that’s dedication!

Next up were mine and Hubby’s costumes. I just couldn’t decide what to be. Princess wanted me to be Miss Clavelle, but I didn’t want to be a nun again - been there, done that - and a pregnant nun wouldn’t have gone over very well at the school parties I thought about being a Lego person as well, but wasn’t in the mood to walk around in a box. So, the Monday before Halloween I brainstormed and decided to be the Tooth Fairy! I had all the stuff for my costume, except for the wings, at home . . . it pays to keep all that spare fabric and those unwanted pillows! Hubby was a traditional Lego Minifig. Here’s a picture of a real minifig . . .

Here are me and Hubby as the Tooth Fairy and our homemade Lego Minifig Costume.

I giggle every time I see Hubby! We made all of his costume . . . I had to giggle when Dude’s favorite part of the minifig was the tie He kept saying “You just made that tie! OMG I love that tie! That is sooooo cool!” HAHAHAHAHA!!! Here is a picture of my fairy wings on my huge molar costume.

Princess helped me pick out the wings - she of course went for the biggest sparkliest pair they had at the store! I’m taking a shot in the dark here that she knew she’d get them after Halloween was over Dude was hilarious when he saw my costume! He laughed so hard, then he got all concerned and said to me, “Um Mom. Do you know that the tooth fairy isn’t really a tooth? I’m pretty sure she’s just a regular fairy person.” HAHAHAHA! He was so concerned that people were going to laugh at me because I didn’t know that the tooth fairy wasn’t really a tooth

We had a family over for dinner on Halloween evening, then took the kiddos out trick or treating. My little Princess is always such a trooper. She’s the only girl in a sea of boys, and she’s always wearing a cute little girl costume while the boys are black and big and scary.

We had a great time trick or treating, and the kids went home with their friends for a sleepover so Hubby and I could go to an adult party! We had a lot of fun at the party - it was nice to see friends we don’t get to see often enough! Queen Taunya was one of Charlie’s Angels and held up the Lego Man!

HAHAHA! I have to giggle at all the photos with the Lego Man - the big grin on his face is hilarious every time!

Today, we went through the kids’ candy and sorted out the keep versus give pile. Our dentist is awesome and trades the kids $1 for each pound of candy they bring to him! I think it’s a wonderful idea! Together, Dude and Princess have just over 2 pounds of candy in the give bag, so $1 each, which I’m sure they’ll use to buy gum at some point

So that was our fun Halloween . . . I hope you all had a good time as well!