Halloween 2010

Sean and Gavin as Mario and Luigi, respectively.

Grace as a female Robin Hood.

Halloween was great fun this year. It was mellow and relaxing, unlike other years where there were costume parades and class parties, which, although lots of fun, brought lots of stress and planning and running around.

The boys chose Mario and Luigi costumes after the video game characters. Sean really wanted to be Yoshi, but there were no costumes to be found (except expensive ones online). It took a lot of coaxing to get him to decide on Mario, but he did it. Gavin was a great sport and said he would be Luigi if Sean wanted to be Mario. This concession did the trick, really, and it was pretty hilarious watching the boys put on their costumes and then speak with Italian accents for several days. Gavin even said "Grazie" to each person who gave him candy, and Sean decided to wear his Mario hat everywhere regardless of the weather or his outfit.

Grace had wanted to be a box for Halloween until we told her that she probably wouldn't fit in anyone's car if she constructed too large of one. She acquiesced only after she figured she could be Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. There were no Katniss costumes, per se, so she settled on Robin Hood, and she looked darling.

Fulton had a costume day, and Grace went as her Robin-Hood self, but she had to dress out for PE which kind of sucked, and others in her class were not happy about having to remove their costumes and run laps. As she remarked, "You know, we'd have a lot more school spirit and a lot more participation in these dress-up days if we didn't have PE." I totally get ya, my girl.

The boys didn't dress up until Trunk or Treat at the Peterson's Church on Saturday night. We arrived a bit late, but no biggie -- the kids got candy, played games and danced a bit. Then we went back to the Peterson house for some serious candy swapping and dessert. It was great fun and a very memorable night. The boys remarked that it was one of their best days ever.

Halloween night was fun too. Kirk, Alexis and Raelee came over, along with Grandpa Charlie, and we had a great dinner and then set out around the neighborhood. After the smaller kids pooped out, Grace and Mom went with Aunt Laurie and Maddie to another tract and did some more trick-or-treating.

So much fun. So much candy. Way too many Italian accents.