Halloween Wrap Up

Well, there you have it. We've spent a month preparing for our favorite holiday... and it's officially over.

At the beginning of October I was so excited about my favorite holiday that I started shopping for some new decorations, and searching high and low for an infant dalmatian costume. Mid October we finally got all the decorations up inside the house, and outside on our porch and purchased the best pumpkins we could find from DeMille's Farm.

Once we found Monster's costume, and received the finishing touches of Hubbs Silent Bob costume in the mail, I couldn't help but be ecstatic thinking about Halloween! This year the usual one day event lasted all weekend. A weekend of Halloween BLISS! Friday we all dressed up and went trick-or-treating at one of our local malls, and the down town center. Monster spent much of the day chillin' in his stroller playing with a large bag of cotton candy he received from a local shop that makes it. We trick-or-treated with his cousins, a couple family friends and his little girlfriend Buneez (She was an adorable pumpkin). I chose not to wear a white fur coat for my Cruella DeVil costume because I knew realistically that I wouldn't wear it long indoors so I'm sad to report not many people know who I was!

Friday night was also the day of our families yearly Halloween Party. Many games, laughs and good times were had by all. Saturday night, the Halloween festivities were more for the adults. Monster spent the night with his grandma and grandpa while Hubbs and I celebrated at a couple local bars with our closest friends (and family). Jay (Uncle Slim) and Silent Bob (Hubbs) won best costume at both places!

Which brings us to today. We hadn't planned on doing any real trick or treating because, lets face it... Monster can't walk, can't talk, and most importantly can't EAT any of the candy. Honestly, I'd feel a little ridiculous going door to door with an almost 8 month old. We did, however, take him to his each of his grandparents houses, and a couple of his aunties houses to show off his adorable costume. He obviously didn't really know what was going on, but going through the motions was still a good time.

Photos coming soon!   

H-WEEN!

I love, love, love Halloween! I am itching for Halloween weekend to come around already!

We are a Halloween crazed couple, who grew into a Halloween crazed family! I already talked about finding Monsters awesomely awesome dalmatian Halloween costume for a whopping $2, but finding an infant halloween costume is only one tiny step in the whole process!

About two weeks ago I started decorating the inside of our house with pumpkins, spider webs, spiders, skulls and other ghoulish creatures. Last week Hubbs and I purchased $30 worth of pumpkins to carve and line our outdoor walk way. We intend to carve them some time this week, and then I'll cook up the seeds for us to munch on too!

For the last three years it has been family tradition to have a Halloween party and this year is no exception. Thankfully this year Halloween falls on a Sunday making this typical one day holiday a whole weekend of fun!

Our small town does a "down town" trick or treat where kids 12 and under can trick or treat between 3-5 in the evening with their parents in the down town core. That will be the only trick or treating Monster participates in this year. This halloween event is taking place on Friday right before our family Halloween party.

All I have left on my Halloween preparation to-do list is candy shopping for my tick or treaters!




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Halloween Costume Super Find!

I am so grateful I listened to Hubbs when he said we should hold out on ordering the Dalmatian Halloween costume from OldNavy.ca.

Not that the Old Navy Dalmatian costume wasn't adorable (click here to view) but when we were looking at ordering it not even a week ago it was 26.50 plus taxes and shipping. I couldn't see spending that much on a Infant Halloween costume that Monster will wear twice in a two week time period. However, I was going to make an exception if that was the only Dalmatian costume that I could find.

Today, not even thinking about Halloween costume shopping my mom and I headed downtown with the intention to browse some local stores. Along the way, on a whim, she suggested we head to one of our town's thrift stores. At risk of sounding like a terrible person, I'm going to be honest in saying that it's not my favorite place to be. The lack of pricing, organization and friendly volunteers makes me itch.

The first thing I saw when I walked in the door was the rack of children's Halloween Costumes. My eyes hit something white with black spots.. So I literally ran to the rack. A Dalmatian Halloween Costume in Monsters size! I found the perfect costume, in perfect condition, for TWO DOLLARS!

I should have bought a lottery ticket, because that was unbelievably random, amazing luck! Mission complete! Now onto my costumes finishing touches...

Halloween Fun!

I am ecstatic that Halloween, my favorite holiday, is just around the corner! Add to that the fact that it's Monsters first!

We decided a couple if months ago (yes, I plan that far in advance) that I'd be going as Cruella and Monster would be my Dalmatian but that hasn't stopped us from trying on other costumes!




That is Monster as a Polar Bear! He looks concerned because there is a scary decoration in front of him. Poor little man!




Auntie TG got Monster to model some devil horns!




Finally these are just some awesome glasses our old waitress brought for him at a restaurant.

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