Holiday decorations are a big deal around here with many houses going ALL OUT. The kids got really excited and kept asking about when we would put up our lights and decorations. Oops. I got rid of all our decorations when we cleansed before moving to Florida. 
So, I hit Big Lots (scary trip) and we decorated our front porch. The kids had a great time using the remote control switch to "decorate" all over again every night.
Halloween night, we took off through the neighborhood with some neighbors. There was a fine mist when we started, but the kids were not daunted. Until it started POURING. We called daddy and he picked us up in the car after only two blocks. Any more houses and we would have had too much (soggy) candy.
Rex's costume was inspired by his LEGO Bionicle creations (and a sale on a costume website). Unfortunately, he was sent home from school Friday morning with a fever (and stayed home for about a week recovering) and wasn't able to participate in the school party. But he was excited to get into his costume and go trolling for candy. The rain probably wasn't good for his condition, but mom was glad that the (custom altered) costume was worn for at least a little while and he sure was glad to have his own candy.
There was no question what costume Belle would use. As soon as she heard that Halloween was coming (and understood the concept) she put the Snow White dress on and wore it everywhere. Who knew that $10 we spent on a dress in December last year would to so far? At the end of the night we had a soggy princess eating soggy candy.
Leia's costume was inspired by a black kitty mask that we found in the dollar bins at Target. Mommy sewed a feather boa around the neckline and bottom of a black shirt and wrapped more feather boa around a wire for the tail and attached it to her velvet pants. Mom also found some feather-cuffed gloves at Big Lots (totally scary and a whole nother story) that were only slightly too big. Add all that to her new black fur-lined boots and you have a totally cute little black kitty.
Who, coincidentally, refused to wear the mask.
What is a blog post without the cutest princess in the world in her favorite pose?
We called and Skyped with grandma, grandpa and Uncle Michael when we got back and dried off. They had sent us a Halloween box that we opened while they were watching.
Now that is the reaction grandma was hoping for when she sent the Halloween LEGOs!
We all went to work creating our masterpieces by following the pictures and working on our own.
Mom's favorite was her Jack-O-Lantern.
Belle was great at sorting the pieces into piles of like colors. Rex made a great ghostie. Leia insisted on making the black kitty. Great fun and (thank goodness) the candy is almost gone.
