This year we went for the homemade costumes! It was actually pretty fun and the kids had fun getting creative in how to make their costumes. Hailey wanted to be Abbycadabby from Sesame Street, Emma wanted to be Minnie Mouse, and Carson was a spider. I really liked Carson's because his long spider legs would drag behind him when he walked. He was the hit of the church Halloween party.
We got a lot of candy this year, but got creative with how to get rid of it. First, we let the girls pick out the candies they wanted to save for gingerbread houses for Christmas. Then we still had a good amount left over. Well, we happen to have a basket on top of the fridge that we put toys into for time-out whenever the kids fight over them. They usually have to do a pretty big chore in order to earn them back, but today we decide to open a "Ma and Pop" store and they could use their candy to buy back the toys. So after a price tag of 4 candies per toy the kids were left with two candies and a lot of fun toys that they haven't seen in awhile. I am one happy mommy!
3 comments:
We always give our halloween candy to the great pumpkin who brings them a present in return. This year he brought pajamas. It works nice because I always want to buy stuff for the kids and Ben has approved it for the great pumpkin. That is a good idea of saving the candy for gingerbread house. I will have to do that.
SO cute!
Brilliant! Pure Genius! We just make our kids put their head on the wall.
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