Neverland Halloween...

 Halloween was great this year. We haven't had a family theme for a few years but the boys really wanted to be characters from Peter Pan so after a full week of sewing, nursing and completely neglecting my house..... I present to you.....

 Warren as Peter Pan...

Ben as Cap'n Hook...

Ben was so good! He wore his "hook hair" the entire night and the trunk or treat and on Halloween! It took some serious pirate spin on my part but thankfully he bought it! ;) 

Oliver as Smee...

I had already bought him a Pea in the Pod costume but they insisted. 

I admit. I loved the idea!

I was Wendy...

 Friday, at the ward trunk or treat, we even got Weston to be the crocodile! 

It's the first time he has dressed up for halloween in 8 years! We were so excited! lol 

I just love my boys. Don't they look awesome!?

Before Stake Conference on Saturday, we went to Zoo Boo at the Houston Zoo with our friends the Kiefers. It is always so much fun. They have all kinds of fun activities, trick or treating and a free pumpkin patch. This year they had an amazing dance company come and host a dance stage. They had AMAZING costumes and taught the kids the thriller dance. It's a little hard to see but most of the professional dancers where on the front row.The tall things in the back are giraffes on stilts.

Our friends the Keifers wore their costumes to Zoo Boo. Needless to say they were a very popular act at the Zoo. I think we had about 400 people comment on their costume. "Oh, look (followed by a gasp, giggle or jump) their a SMORE! It was pretty funny!

As you can see, the boys had a fun day. 

Warren's 1st Grade Class at the Costume Parade

Sitting by his "friend who is a girl" Kloey. ;)

They have become quite the little buddies and often have play dates.

 He told me he was excited to see her in her costume because he thought she would look beautiful. :) 

Oh boy. 

Hope you all had a very Happy Halloween! 

Hall-oween Festive

This year Halloween celebrations were a plenty. We decided not to trick or treat on Sunday so we had fun the Friday & Saturday before. 

We started Friday morning with Warren's costume Parade at school. He was a dragon. 

Here he is with his good friend George. He was a shark. I told them to each give me their costume face. I thought their character interpretations were such a hoot!

I have no idea who these kids are but I thought this scene was hilarious. Ariel fresh out of the water has finally discovered her whole new world. "hhuuuuuhhhhuuuuu hhhuuuuuuuuuuhuuu". 

Warren got out of school at 11:15 so we headed out to "Zoo Boo" at the Houston Zoo. They decorate it really cool and the kids can dress up. Before we left I dressed Ben up in his cowboy costume. He was supposed to be a chinese man to coordinate with Warrens dragon but he wouldn't have that costume what-so-ever. So, I dressed him up as a cowboy cause he loves Woody. He thought it was cool for about 1 minute and then threw his hat off and started ripping his chaps off next. Oh well, at least I got 1 cute picture of him in his costume. lol

 The boys enjoyed the pumpkins carved everywhere, the giant candy corn, playing in the fountain & feeding the fish. 

Downtown Houston is filled with Live Oak trees. They are so gorgeous. They often grow spanish moss which looks beautiful hanging from them. I thought all the pumpkins hanging down looked cool. 

Next stop was the children's museum. It was decked out with spooky decor. They had a scavenger hunt for the kids. At each treasure spot there was trick or treating.This was Warren's first time going and he loved it. 

Decorating Halloween cookies. 

 Ben LOVES playing in the ambulance. Warren approved too.

I think the grocery store can be officially deamed my boys "hot spot". Warren loved it too. 

Ben ran straight to the best part in every grocery store...

"Spoo-ky!" After the children's museum we joined our ward for a trunk or treat of which I took no pictures. I know, can you believe it? ha ha

The past several months have been crazy busy. We usually always get pumpkins and for the past two years we have have created my pumpkin snake (you see above). Weston is the ward mission leader now and the stake is currently doing a big "rescue" initiative and so he has been gone nearly every night the past several weeks doing his visits. Needless to say we waited too long to get our pumpkins. Saturday night before Halloween this is all I could find in Kingwood that even came close to resembling a pumpkin. I managed to convince Warren that the huge green gourd would be an awesome dragon head! 

Sunday night we passed out candy and socialized with our neighbors for a little while. It's a yearly tradition that everyone in our circle comes and sits out together and passes out candy. It's always fun to hang out with everyone. 

We excused ourselves early when the missionaries aka "God's angels" arrived at our house. They arrived in stages by bike, by car & then by truck. Seeing their glowing white shirts in the dark,  our neighbors were like...."who are they...the ghost busters?!" It was funny. 

The boys LOVE to see the missionaries as much as we do. We are so grateful for Weston's calling because we get to see them so often now with all their meetings, etc. They are a wonderful blessing in our lives! 

 My missionary in training. :D 

I hope you all had a great halloween too! 

Give me some suga.....

(Song Tag: Honey Bee -Tom Petty)

This week was a busy one getting ready for Halloween. After getting rained out of the Ward Halloween Trunk or Treat on Wed night we were all looking forward to a little suga......

Hall, Benjamin (noun): born to smile, sweet, busy, magnetic, spreads sunshine were ere he goes. (synonym): honey bee

Oh yea. That is what I'm talkin about....

Off to collect some suga of our own. We went to the Halloween Carnival at Warren's pre-school and Ben was just tickled to be there. He was hypnotized by all the costumes and decorations surrounding him. He was taking it all in......

Such a happy little bee. :) Ever wonder how to make him mad?

Oh. Poor little honey bee doesn't like his hoodie. 

Come on little honey bee.....give us some suga!

Warren was all about suga this Halloween! As you can see he was the dashing Robin Hood! Robbing the rich to feed the poor. With a little suga....that is. ;)

I coudn't find a Robin Hood costume anywhere so I made his costume this year. Thus, all the posing and angles. He was very pleased with the product and I was too. :) BTW- The phrase "1 hour fast & easy sew" on a pattern = Lies! ;)

I totally did not make him pose like this. He was walking and I just got a lucky shot but I thought it modeled the costume nicely. :)

My friend Janelle threw the greatest Halloween party for the kids on Friday. Warren loved the donut bobbing best. It was so much fun!

A spooktacular spread!

Warren touching "a monkey heart". Ewe.

For the second year in a row the Fronks were so kind to come over and help us gut & carve a few pumpkins to create.....

Pumbra the pumpkinstrictor! Pretty sweet. Eh? Watch out little honey bee....

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

WiShInG yOu A SpOoKy.....

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Tres Spookay

I am so excited to announce that the pumpkin snake has finally been given life! For about the last 10 years I have always had this idea of making a snake out of pumpkins for Halloween. For various reasons it has never actually taken place (money, ambition, lack of a front porch, etc)......

Mon night we kicked off FHE by inviting friends over for Chili and Pumpkin Carving. We had a great time. They were so kind as to help me in the gutting of the snake pumpkins and I have to say I am very happy with the results. Weston carved his (back right) and I carved Benjamin's (middle), helped Warren with his (front) and (of course) I am the artist of my super spooky pumpkin snake. Isn't it totally killer??

Warren had a ton of fun and was a good helper......when he wasn't playing.

Happy Halloween Ya'll

Our Family at the Ward Halloween Carnival. Mom always dresses up to suit with Warren for Halloween. Dad lost his Halloween spirit after his first year of law school.


A cowboy worth kissing...wouldn't you agree?





Warren Fishing at the Carnival.
Warren and his fairy princess Charlotte. Charlotte will be the first to agree that Warren IS a cowboy worth kissing!! He obviously agrees that she is a princess worth kissing because he laid his first kiss on her earlier this spring.