A banana, a monkey, and a few heroines

I loved Halloween growing up and it's not much different today, especially now that I have a child. Like I said in one of my previous posts, activities are so much fun with a kid in tow! Last night we did it all: dressed up, went door to door with a few of our little friends, and passed out candy. The night was concluded with a pot of white chicken chili, Hocus Pocus, and a few bites of Anna's candy that we collected (shhh, don't tell!) 

A lot of you know one of Anna's many nicknames is "Anna Banana" so I thought it'd be cute to dress her as a banana and Travis and I as her monkeys. However, my costume changed entirely once my two volunteers for girls nights and I decided to go as a trio. You'll see below who we chose!

Cutest banana I've ever seen! She saw an airplane. She loves them!

Here's the thing, she didn't like Travis' monkey mask and mullet (I mean, who would?!) Like, she hated it. Wouldn't even look at him. So we improvised and got her one of her monkey stuffed animals to take pictures with. And the hairstyle below, we call that the "pulled hair bow out of hair" look.  

Look at that Zoolander pose!

Yes, I made her costume. Yes, it may look more like a fairy or a flower but hey, homemade costumes are always the best! My mom used to make ours, Travis (the creative one) used to make his, so I felt it only necessary I make Anna's. I think these shots below make her look most like a banana.

Our girls night girls are obsessed with the Powerpuff Girls. Do you remember the show? 

When I was in middle school my friends and I loved the Powerpuff girls, so much so that my AIM name was "blossom503". I guess you could say I was a little obsessed too. When our girls started calling us by the Powerpuff Girls names we knew exactly who we were going to dress like for Halloween!

Well, what do you think? 

Yours Truly as Buttercup (she just fit me better this time around)
Susan as Blosson
Emily as Bubbles

Too bad most of our girls were confused and it took a few tries for them to guess who we were! But we did get a random group of adult women ask if we were the Powerpuff Girls, so...YES! 

Anna refused to let Travis hold her or be within 5 feet of her when he had that mask on so he kind of had to sneak into the family shot. And just look at that nasty mullet. He seriously wears it every chance he gets (a lot of you already know this from previous Halloweens and dress ups!) 

Don't worry, Anna, Mommy and the Powerpuff Girls will save you!

Whelp, here's to hoping Anna won't be as scared next year! How was your Halloween? Did you and/or your kids dress up and get tons of candy to make you sick for the next year like we did?! I hope we're not the only ones :)

She Ain't Afraid of No Ghost!

Anna's Halloween costume had been planned out even before she was born. Back in the spring Travis and I were at Old Navy perusing the baby section and found the most amazing onesie. Travis was a bit obsessed with Ghostbusters growing up. He had a huge box full of figurines, his dad and he would have Stay Puft Marshmallow Man fights using shaving cream, he had the soundtrack and every Saturday morning as his family would clean the house they'd rock out to the theme song, and his grandpa built him a dollhouse haunted house so his little ghostbusters could zap Slimer and his friends. So when I say a bit obsessed I mean he lived and breathed ghostbusters! A little ridiculous...but, oh, so cute :) We tried to stay away from buying clothes for Anna before she was born because we knew we'd get a ton from baby showers and hand me downs but we couldn't resist buying a Ghostbuster onesie that has in big letters "I ain't afraid of no ghost".. We knew right away she was going to wear it for Halloween and decided it was only fitting for Travis and me to be those ghosts she ain't afraid of!

P.S. Who remembers Slimer Hi-C? Hands down, the best drink ever!

P.S.S. I'll leave you with this little ditty:

Happy Hallelujah!

Maybe I was being a Debbie Downer or it was that I didn't have a whole lot of time to get into the spirit. Either way, I just wan't feeling Halloween this year and all the festivities that go into it. Maybe it was just that I could have liked if summer went on a little bit longer. Oh well, after seeing these guys below, my heart changed and I was ready to put on my facade and eat some candy! 

Junior as a cowboy as Winger; 2 costumes in 1!

Darwin as some kind of ninja

Tron and another ninja

I ended up being Hannah "Swift" Turner,
THE Lady Eagles soccer player

The lovely couple :) Travis in his traditional Gator Bob/Uncle Earl garb