I showed up to my daughter's Halloween party to find out that either she was held back for a few years without my knowing, or I have inadvertently sent her to a school for Oompa Loompas (not that I have anything against Oompa Loompas). Apparently all of the mini people running up to hug her when I drop her off in the mornings are her classmates. I just thought she was really nice to kindergartners. Maybe we should scale back her morning dose of human growth hormone.
Now to highlight some interesting costumes!
First off, This guy!
This costume was so spot on and so common in Eagle Mountain, that it took me a second to realize that it was an actual costume. I think the giant pumpkin baby tipped me off. I also realized it was a costume because he was wearing a shirt under his ripped up wife-beater. Who does that?
My nephew Tagan. The only way to make this kid more squeezable and lovable is to put him in a furry Elmo suit and crocks.
Sherine's 30$ D.I. "find" was certainly creative. It got even better when her husband joined her in his D.I. tux. I am personally glad that the 'ol puffy sleeved dress got one last night on the town.
And the "I can't believe they had the guts to go out in public wearing that" award goes to this fine couple. I certainly thought "shotgun wedding" was going to get the Hanging with the Hills "costume of the year" award, but that was until I saw this little guy at Mikkena's school.
He's going for "eighties nerd". Kudos for the half-tucked-in shirt, high-water pants and mullet. This was genius in a sea of transformers and punk-cheerleaders.
Candy-wise, Mikkena had her most successful Halloween ever. We went to a neighborhood trunk-or-treat, a ward trunk-or-treat, and Halloween night we went trick-or-treating with Amber's brother and his family. The sheer amount a candy that we hauled in certainly tested our no-sugar resolve. I wanted to thank all of you commenters who supported me through this. Here is a snippet "you will never be able to completely give up sugar. I just thought I'd let you know so you won't be disappointed when you lose your will power". Thanks Mom.
I decided that because it was Halloween, I would take a break from my otherwise successful no-sugar goal. Let's just say I found out first hand how people OD. Even though my new tolerance was 5 pieces of candy, I ate 50. I paid for it today, but I got back on track by chewing three packs of sugar-free gum, drinking a 44 oz diet coke with lime, and chewing all of my fingernails off. We gave the rest of Mikkena's candy to charity.
7 comments:
okay, I'm busting up over the costumes. I agree with the shotgun wedding, they actually went out like that???? LOL!!
And the nerd is hilarious. I need to make sure my kids have unique costumes like that.
Great title for the award for D and Ivy!
Wish we could have seen you guys!
Love the review of costumes. The only thing you left out was the "do" and "don't" tags and way to go on not covering up the faces like they do in the magazines. Glad you had a great Halloween!
ok Jer, maybe you have more will power than I do, but I didn't eat any of our candy. Most of the candy I have around the house gets eaten by Dad and Zac before I get any. I made 12 dozen cookies last week and they were gone in 3 days. I got only a few.
Hey guys.. can't thank you enough for coming trick-or treating with us. There's no way I could've carried my wedding dress train and Tagan too.
Yes. Mom is lucky that neither me or dad is crazy enough to give up sugar.
I love the shot gun wedding couple!!! Why didn't I think of that last year when I was pregnant?! It's great!!!!
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