Halloween

I start thinking about Halloween costumes months in advance. I'm a planner at heart. The boys were easy enough- I "get" them. Eden was difficult. My criteria: 1) She needed to be warm. (What is with sleezy, strapless baby girl costumes? Where do these people trick-or-treat?!) 2) I didn't want a generic costume.

I finally settled on an angel costume for her, especially since it seemed to fit her personality. As Halloween drew closer, I became less-enthused about it. I liked it, I just didn't love it. In part because her personality was changing. She is still sweet and nearly always content, but she is also quite sassy.

So! Here is Eden, my angel baby...

And, here was her "official" costume...

Viking lady! So cute, right?! 

Sethie was Max, King of All Wild Things. Where the Wild Things Are happens to be one of Nate's favorite children's books. And again, the costume was very fitting for Seth, our little Wild Thing.

Collin was a lion. Fierce & feisty with a big heart...

And Asher was a NASA astronaut (big shock!).

We did 3 rounds of Trick-or-Treating. Once at Aunt Bri's work, again just around our block. Turns out our street is a bit lame when it comes to passing out candy. And lastly, we headed over to Eastlake with the older two boys for the BEST trick-or-treating EVER. Asher found a girl dressed up as Princess Leia & another as Queen Amidala & was totally smitten. We followed them around for a while & he literally broke down crying when we lost them. We spent the rest of the evening trying to find them...Asher was very concerned for their safety. :)

We were so excited to have Grandma & Grandpa Bartlett & Uncle Scott with us too!