Halloween 2012

It seems like every year Halloween becomes much more of a season than just a day for us. And my boys officially love to dress up. Even scaredy-cat Wyatt was happy to get in his costume this year, though he wasn't as happy about his brothers being dressed up. Here are all of my creative kids in the fancy costumes. They do look pretty good. We got the preview the night of the neighborhood Trunk or Treat at the church.

Of course little Finn is happy to be dressed as a bag of bones.

 Wyatt as a Ninja... his latest obsession.

 And of course being silly for a pose with Jaren. These two really are so hilarious together.

 Henry is a very creepy vampire... Blah Blah Blah.

And his was a very easy costume to put together, so I have been grateful for that.

 Gavin insisted on being a werewolf this year after he spent a month debating all of his choices. He is by far the most imaginative about costumes. We came up with some great ideas for this and then I just had to find the time to put it all together. It seems to have met expectations, though only after he spent about a week nagging me to hurry up and get it done before Halloween.

 Wyatt was super freaked when Gavin was finally ready to go and kept saying, "Gavin werewolf, Scare me."

 The whole crew of cousins ready to Trunk or Treat.

 And having some treats after walking around the parking lot. This is probably not my favorite kind of Halloween party, but it was quick and little effort, and fun to see everyone's costumes.

 We also had to get in our pumpkin carving before the big day arrived. Henry tried to do a lot of his own knife work this year and had a blast doing it.

 Gavin enlisted me to try and make his fanged pumpkin. They love this part of the holiday, and it really is fun once we get going.

 There was also a neighborhood costume parade put on by the school this morning that was a great time to watch. The kids loved walking a few blocks around the school and waving to everyone. Then that was followed by lots of fun partying that seems like it would take up most of the school day. And we are looking forward to trick-or-treating in our own new neighborhood tonight with some great friends. I think by tomorrow we will be ready for all of this haunting to be over. I hope we survive it all.