Happy Halloween, everybody!!
Its an exciting day for us today because tonight will be the boys' very 1st time going trick-or-treating!
They've been pretty anxious about it, especially lil Tommy. He's even been practicing his line "trick or treat!!" these last few weeks hehehe
We've wondered where we would get their costumes this year and what characters they might want to be but while surfing online, I noticed that the costumes can get pretty pricey.
Plus, they're only going to wear it that one evening, y'know. (I'm not stingy, OK? I'm just trying to be a practical Mommy.)
So we checked around and took a gamble at browsing through the rails at our local Goodwill store. Lo and behold, we found a Green Lantern outfit for Tommy and an Alligator outfit for Aidan. Together, the costumes cost us under $12!
Awesome!!
The Green Lantern legs needed a wee bit of hemming and after a quick wash, the costumes are good as new!
I cut a superhero mask out of felt (re-purposed from an elf hat from the Dollar Tree!) and ta-daa!! Let us introduce our lil Tommy as Green Lantern:
And here's Aidan our Grouchy Gator:
I must add that these boys were ready by 3pm this afternoon. It wasn't their fault hehehe - their Mommy was equally excited too (and I was going just as me, sans costume!). My darling hubby said he'd be back early so we can go trick-or-treating so … we don't want to be late now, right?
Anyway, by 5:30pm, we've already got a couple of knocks on our door:
But Daddy said it's still a wee bit too early to go around:
Trust me, I was getting antsy too HAHAHA but we scribbled a quick note to say we're out trick-o-treating and we're out the door by 6pm! WEEEEE!!
We were only out trick-or-treating for about half an hour (it got darker and cold pretty quick now!) and then it's back home to receive fellow trick-or-treaters!
Its an exciting day for us today because tonight will be the boys' very 1st time going trick-or-treating!
They've been pretty anxious about it, especially lil Tommy. He's even been practicing his line "trick or treat!!" these last few weeks hehehe
We've wondered where we would get their costumes this year and what characters they might want to be but while surfing online, I noticed that the costumes can get pretty pricey.
Plus, they're only going to wear it that one evening, y'know. (I'm not stingy, OK? I'm just trying to be a practical Mommy.)
So we checked around and took a gamble at browsing through the rails at our local Goodwill store. Lo and behold, we found a Green Lantern outfit for Tommy and an Alligator outfit for Aidan. Together, the costumes cost us under $12!
Awesome!!
The Green Lantern legs needed a wee bit of hemming and after a quick wash, the costumes are good as new!
I cut a superhero mask out of felt (re-purposed from an elf hat from the Dollar Tree!) and ta-daa!! Let us introduce our lil Tommy as Green Lantern:
And here's Aidan our Grouchy Gator:
I must add that these boys were ready by 3pm this afternoon. It wasn't their fault hehehe - their Mommy was equally excited too (and I was going just as me, sans costume!). My darling hubby said he'd be back early so we can go trick-or-treating so … we don't want to be late now, right?
3:30pm: Aidan was already tugging on his costume's zipper.
FYI, they got out of their costume about half hour later hehehe
by 5:15pm, I got them ready, this time round with
socks and shoes on and candy baskets ready! :D:D:D
Anyway, by 5:30pm, we've already got a couple of knocks on our door:
One of the neighborhood boys dressed up as Woody from Toy Story!
Daddy was scouting the street for any early trick-or-treaters ...
Aidan the Grouchy Gater was just itching to get out and collect candy!
Trust me, I was getting antsy too HAHAHA but we scribbled a quick note to say we're out trick-o-treating and we're out the door by 6pm! WEEEEE!!
The boys knocking on a neighbor's door: "Trick or treat!!"
We were so proud of them and their "Thank you!!" after getting a piece of candy!
Check out those tomb stones on our neighbor's front yard!
… and lil mini not-scary ghosts in the tree hehehe
OOO!! This was my fave prop at a neighbor's house.
I seriously thought this was an electrical mannequin
with some kind of sensors that made its arms move when a kid come by …
It turns out he's REAL!! LOL creepy but o, he got me! Hehehe
Here's another cute one: a neighbor put a lit-up skeleton in his car!
Awesome!! :D
We were only out trick-or-treating for about half an hour (it got darker and cold pretty quick now!) and then it's back home to receive fellow trick-or-treaters!
Lil Tommy enjoyed giving out candy to the neighborhood kids ...
Can you see our family of Jack-o-Lanterns and the not-so-scary ghost? Hehehe
Here's a better close-up of our pumpkins. From left to right:
Tommy Pumpkin, Mommy Pumpkin, Aidan Pumpkin and Daddy Pumpkin!
My darling hubby did the carving!
The boys even got a couple of plastic spider rings in their pumpkins! :D
But before we start eating them, Daddy did some QC on them -
anything squished or slightly-opened packs get tossed out.
Thankfully, nothing was opened. Just a couple of candy bars
were a wee bit mooshed up …
But boy o boy … the boys collected quite a pretty yummy loot!
10pm: we ran out of candy hours ago but here in the O'Bayley household, the boys are still in their costumes and sharing a small packet of M&Ms with Daddy hehehe
Sharing is caring … hehehe ;-D
Before I sign off tonight, let me share with you a sweet throwback pic of my darling hubby as Green Lantern many many Octobers ago:
As my darling MiL said, like father like son, huh? :D:D:D
10:40pm: And the boys are out! :D It must have been all that walking ...
And with that, sleep tight my dear readers :D:D:D
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