Where did October go?

I can't believe that it is almost mid November.  The end of this year is flying!

The month started out with Hailey going to a friend's birthday party and getting to dress up and Trick or Treat at a local Harvestfest.  I guess she was a zombie?  We didn't have her real costume even started at this point. 

Evan asked his girlfriend to Homecoming with a cute sign.  I got to pull out a bunch of my scrapbook stuff for him to use.

Hailey and Trent succeeded at making pie dough from scratch.

A walk down to our beach after some high winds showed us that the beach is even further gone than it was in the summer.

Working on a costume with someone staring at me.

Another day, another look at the receding shoreline.

Hailey and I made some fun Halloween treats.

Of course we made the traditional graveyard cake.

Hailey was officially recognized into Scouts at the fall Court of Honor.

Pumpkin carving!  You are never too old for knives and power tools.

Hailey went to a Halloween decoration painting event that was held at Unruly Brewing.  It was so funny to track the kids on the app we have and see Trent at home and Hailey at Unruly.  Of course I had to screenshot it.

I whipped up a festive Jack-o-lantern cheese platter before our Halloween guests arrived.

The best way to finish a month is to see something like this on FB and to know that your daughter and her friends have the biggest and sweetest hearts.

Word spread quickly about who the girls were and they were called into the Principal's office so he could tell them how proud he was and they got shirts with their school pride motto on them.  I know they don't do sweet stuff for recognition but it is nice to hear that sometimes the nice stuff you do is noticed and seen and appreciated.

Halloween 2019

Warning: There is a picture heavy post ahead.  I love Halloween.  I love helping the kids put their costumes together.  I think it is the extras and little details on the costumes that make me most happy.  

Hailey dressed up as a "campfire" this year.  We found the idea on Pinterest and copied some, but also made it our own.   She initially wasn't sure about the tu tu aspect of it.  She is so into the "not standing out" at all phase of her middle school career.  Most days she dresses in black or gray so she thought the tu tu might be a bit much.  When I agreed to not make it super poofy - she got on board.  It might be one of my favorite costumes she has ever worn. 

It's hard to tell in these photos but the tu tu had a string of fairy lights in it so it actually lit up. 

My favorite part of the whole costume was the headband.  This was our idea - the Pinterest photo didn't have any kind of head gear.  We originally wanted to put them through her bun kind of like chopsticks but they were too floppy.  We ended up hot gluing them onto an old headband.  It was perfection!

Spencer and I spent the last month of summer watching Stranger Things together.  We both love Steve and when I suggested that Spencer dress as him for Halloween - he was (SHOCKER) totally into it.

His favorite part is of course the Demogorgon killing nail bat.

The best part was that his girlfriend dressed up as Robin. They even look like the actors that play the characters.

Evan and his girlfriend dressed up as each other.  They won the costume contest in their choir class for the most creative.

All three kids invited friends over to our house before Trick Or Treating started.  We had a houseful.  It was fun to see all the kids in costume and having fun.

Evan and his Bros.

The high school group.

Hailey and her friends.

The group that comes over for D & D - minus a few.

The only pics I have of my three before school on Halloween.  The weather was so terrible we couldn't take any outside photos.

It was a super fun Halloween.  I can't wait until next year!