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A Halloween Review

November 3, 2015 By Shann 50 Comments

I know I’m a couple of days late for a Halloween review, but I wanted to start the week, and November, off with something very important. Micro Preemie Mondays are always important, but in case you weren’t aware, November is Premature Birth Awareness Month. I will be reminding you of that pretty often! I want to thank everyone that came to the blog yesterday to read about Lucky Ball the Fighter. Lucky is still fighting strong in the NICU, so please continue to send good thoughts and prayers. We will make sure to check in with his Mom, Holly, very soon.

Halloween Review

Now, back to my Halloween review. First, how was your Halloween weekend? Did you do anything fun? Dress-up? We had a rough start, but it turned into a great Halloween. We had a family workout, two parties, and Trick or Treat all planned for Saturday. Fun…yes. Too much fun….let’s find out. Here’s my Halloween review.

Halloween Review

Everyone was up early and very excited about going to the “Party.” My twins associate the word “Party” with cake, so for them that’s the real celebration. Me and my husband wanted to get a workout in before all the fun began, so we headed to the gym. The kids even got to make Halloween crafts in the childcare, which was so cute.

After that, we headed home to get ready to party. This is where I learned a few lessons. These lessons should (and will) be used for future Halloween planning.

Lessons Learned

1. My Kids actually like wearing costumes (just like me!)

You know how some kids you have to force into wearing a costume or bribe them with candy to get them to wear the hat? Not my boys. They loved it. As I mentioned, we had a party to go to in the afternoon, but they wanted to get them on right away in the morning. I did have them wait because I didn’t want the novelty to wear off. Here are the twins “posing” for me as Spooky Spiders.

Halloween costumes
Spooky Halloween Spiders

2. My Husband is pretty good at DIY costumes

I pretty much already knew this from his Charlie Brown costume he made a few years ago, but this one he pulled together in record time. Including a stop at Walgreen’s, I would say it only took about 30 minutes.

Don’t worry. I will get to his costume, but not before lesson #3.

3. When dressing your family in a theme, make it E-A-S-Y

I seriously thought I was being really creative, and that everyone would understand the connection between all of our costumes. I was WRONG. I had one person that actually knew who I was dressed as, and everyone else I had to explain our entire family. Here’s a picture, and you see if you can guess.

Halloween Spiders (1)

OK. That’s not a full shot of me or my husband, so here’s another.

Halloween Spiders (3)

Any guesses? It was all Spider related! My two spooky spiders, Spiderman, a Spider web, and the Black Widow (which is also a type of Spider) from The Avengers. No? OK. Next time, I’ll make it simpler.

4. It’s hard to drive in Costume

Luckily, both parties were in our neighborhood, but it was raining and cold, so we drove to the first one. Don’t worry. All children were strapped in by the time we started moving. And I’m still horrible at selfies.

Halloween Spiders (2)

5. Maybe only attend one party per day.

The first party we attended started at 1 pm. The twins still nap (on a good day) around 2 pm, so with all of the excitement and people around, they hit the wall. Whining, crying, tantruming, you name it. I left my husband and oldest, got them home, took off their costumes, and they were asleep within 2 minutes.

I was a little bummed to miss the party, but then I decided to lay down too. A nap for mom is never a bad thing.

When the twins woke up, we headed over to our neighbor’s house for the second party. Again, the start was a little rough because the twins had just woken up. Once they found a few toys and a few pieces of candy, all was right with the World. Then, they found out we were going door-to-door to get more candy, and I don’t even have the words to describe how happy they were.

Seriously. They haven’t let their treat buckets out of their site since. ย Luckily, they don’t know how to unwrap it. Unluckily, my bigger guy will just eat through the paper if I’m not watching.

Did you have a fun Halloween? How did your costume turn out? I want details and pictures!

 

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: black widow, candy, diy, do it yourself, halloween, halloween candy, halloween costumes, halloween party, lessons, nap, parties, party, spider man, spider web, spiderman, spiders, spooky spiders, the avengers, The Black Widow

Comments

  1. nmiller00 says

    November 3, 2015 at 6:43 am

    Hahaha! Love the spider webs and your costume! That is hilarious!

    Reply
  2. samtetrault says

    November 3, 2015 at 8:37 am

    Love the costumes! Happy November ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  3. Allison Jones says

    November 3, 2015 at 8:45 am

    I love your costumes, and especially that you all stuck with the spider cruise. So cute!!!!

    Reply
  4. Mistle says

    November 3, 2015 at 8:48 am

    Great costumes!!! Due to the weather we stayed in this year. Which I was okay with. Maybe next year we will do something exciting.

    Reply
  5. Shannon says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:08 am

    You guys look great! Love the family theme you have going on. We didn’t dress up this year and I feel a little bummed about it, so next year, definitely!

    Shannon
    Clothes & Quotes

    Reply
  6. workingmommagic says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Your costumes turned out awesome! I love how you all did the same theme!

    Reply
  7. Kristen says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:32 am

    The Costumes are great! I can definitely understand taking a nap yourself after all of that too!

    Reply
  8. Nicole C L says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:36 am

    I just wanted you to know…I totally guessed Black Widow. I think your costumes were awesome!

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 1:43 pm

      Awe. Thank you!

      Reply
  9. Becky @ Disney in your Day says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Aww, I love the costumes. Your Black Widow looks awesome! I can’t believe people didn’t get the spider connections.

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 1:43 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  10. Amanda @ Grad Girl says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:02 am

    What cute little spiders! I firmly believe that DIY costumes can be awesome without much effort. Love ’em!

    Reply
  11. Daria says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:15 am

    Great costumes! It’s a family affair! These are just too cute… I know the boys enjoyed it. I will keep the little one in my prayers…

    Reply
  12. My Urban Family says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:29 am

    Love the costumes! And it made me laugh when you said they will eat through the wrapper if you’re not looking ha

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 1:40 pm

      Oh, if only I was kidding…

      Reply
  13. serenemomblog says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:36 am

    This is great! I love you guys’ costumes! This year for Halloween Reagan was a witch, Edison was Dr. Doom, my husband was Jason Voorhees, and I was Jason’s victim complete with gore lol. It was awesome!

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 1:39 pm

      Love it! I know I saw your kids, but not sure if I saw you. I’ll have to go to your page and check. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  14. GlamKaren says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Aw… I LOVE Halloween! I even dress up my cat (for the 3 seconds that she can handle it!)…
    xx, Karen
    GlamKaren.com

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 1:43 pm

      Nice ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  15. Stefanie (@LexieLooDylan2) says

    November 3, 2015 at 11:45 am

    Your family looked GREAT! I’m a few days late with my recap, too. Such is life!

    Reply
  16. sr1062 says

    November 3, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    I’m loving the spider costumes! It’s great that you all stuck to one theme!

    Reply
  17. Erin @ Very Erin says

    November 3, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    Aww, this look super fun! We were so boring this year and didn’t do anything for Halloween, no costumes or anything!

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 8:29 pm

      There’s always next year! I didn’t dress up the past 2 years, so this year I really wanted to. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  18. Leslie Soto says

    November 3, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Your costumes are awesome! I love family themes!! I’m glad your Halloween ended well! We went to an air show because my guy decided he’s too big to trick or treat and dress up this year.

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 8:28 pm

      Oh….an air show sounds like a lot of fun!

      Reply
  19. Stephanie says

    November 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    My son was Charlie Brown this year- perfect for a kiddo that doesn’t like dressing up (he’s 3). I like your fam’s costumes, I totally “got” it! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 8:27 pm

      Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚ I LOVE that your son was Charlie Brown!

      Reply
  20. Dana Gore (@MrsDeeGee) says

    November 3, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    Hey Shann,

    It sounds like you guys had a great time.
    It’s so cool that you’re sharing the inspiration behind your life with your kids. I can tell you have a lot of fun using creativity in how you plan all of these events.

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      Yes! Thank you so much Dana!

      Reply
  21. Cindy says

    November 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    What a clever theam

    Reply
  22. Jennifer C. says

    November 3, 2015 at 7:36 pm

    Loving all the costumes! Glad you guys had an awesome Halloween!

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 3, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  23. Theresa says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    I got your theme and love it! Very creative. The costumes look awesome. Our kids love to wear costumes too. We also do a theme and, while it is a lot of work, I think it’s worth it. This will only last so long until they want to do their own thing. : )

    Reply
  24. Corina Ramos (@NotNowMomsBusy) says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    Love the costumes Shann! You all looked great and you are one hot mama :). Ours was a rainy Halloween but the grandkids still had a lot of fun and so did the adults. I didn’t dress up but I might next year :).

    Thanks for sharing your Halloween with us!

    Cori

    Reply
  25. Emily says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    This is hilarious! The best lesson you learned was the driving in a costume! You never think about that part, right! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  26. Crazy shenanigans says

    November 3, 2015 at 11:04 pm

    It looks like you had a blast!!!

    Reply
  27. Anamika Ojha says

    November 3, 2015 at 11:08 pm

    Hey Shann, I loved the costume of the Ben as a Spider Man and the twins looked adorable as always. Your costume is fabulous but you looked little tired managing everyone. Glad to hear that the kids had a great time and enjoyed a lot on Halloween. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  28. keatingbartlett says

    November 3, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    Haha I love this! Their costumes are super cute too! It looks like you all had a great weekend! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  29. Abeer says

    November 4, 2015 at 12:10 am

    Your little ones are so cute! And I agree..driving in costumes is so hard and fitting our little kiddos in those car seats with their costumes is practically impossible! lol

    Reply
  30. confettiandbliss says

    November 4, 2015 at 1:45 am

    What adorable Spider Crew costumes! I love learning how other families enjoy celebrating Halloween. Thanks for letting us take a peek at what you and your family did for this fun occasion. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  31. Christine Cox says

    November 4, 2015 at 7:26 am

    Dressing up in princess dresses, superhero capes and other fun costumes is an every day event in my house. So Halloween was super exciting because my 3 year old got to wear her costume OUTSIDE! (Something I don’t allow because I just know she’ll get it so dirty and they are like impossible to clean). She is still talking about getting candy from the neighborhood so now I have to have the “don’t take candy from strangers” talk with her, lol!

    Reply
  32. katie says

    November 4, 2015 at 8:12 am

    Looks like such a fun Halloween! You really can’t beat Halloween with kids.

    โ€‹โ€‹xx katie // A Touch of Teal

    Reply
  33. Joanna says

    November 4, 2015 at 8:59 am

    Loving your costumes! So cute:) it looks like your kids had a blast.

    Reply
  34. CourtneyLynne says

    November 4, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Awww such cute costumes!!!! Halloween was pretty cold here in WNY but we survived and had fun trick or treating!

    Reply
  35. Charlotte says

    November 4, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    Awwww, your costumes all came out great! Love the spider theme AND your hubby’s Charlie Brown costume from a few years ago–that’s some awesome DIY action right there ๐Ÿ™‚ I think themed family costumes are the cutest!

    Reply
    • Shann says

      November 4, 2015 at 4:31 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  36. kancell724 says

    November 4, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    I love the costumes, fun theme.

    Reply
  37. jessica says

    November 9, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    So cool…Again, you are one cool mom!

    Reply
  38. caitlincheevers says

    November 12, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    Oh my goodness these are awesome costumes! I love that they all tie together. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  39. Neely (@Neelykins) says

    November 27, 2015 at 1:32 pm

    We had many family themed costumes come by our house. It was so fun to see

    Reply

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