Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. My birthday is the last day of September, so as a kid I would be excited all month long. The day after my birthday was October 1st and I would tell myself to get excited about Halloween so I still had something to be excited about. This works very well until about January (which is still my least favorite month and I don't even have to go back to school anymore)!
I use to love dressing my brothers and sisters up for Halloween. I actually looked forward to dressing up my own kids one day (I know I was a weird kid)! The hard work of child bearing has payed off and my poor children now endure my fun. Even my husband lets me have a little fun with his costume. We were Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Tanner was Elmo (which I made myself and I do not suggest sewing fuzzy red material- unless you want your whole house fuzzy and red).
Tanner loved the bean-bag toss and made poor Kyle work hard all night at the ward party!
He also liked the cake walk, once he finally got a cake that is.
This is my proudest Halloween creation. Jackson was "Jack-Jack" from the incredibles.
Check out that spike!!
I was going to be Elasta-Girl (Jack-Jack's mom, for those of you that don't know your Disney/Pixar movies), but I just didn't think our ward would appreciate seeing me in a red, spandex, super-girl suit! I am sure it is a sight that would cause nightmares for many individuals. We had a great time. I am already planning next Halloween- it takes a whole year to come up with this kind of genious!
