Better Late Than Never

Since Daniel only kept his R2D2 hat on for 3.27 seconds on Halloween, I wasn’t able to grab a picture.  So, camera in hand, I stuck the hat on him first thing the next morning.  It worked…and I even caught a smile from him!

Cutest kid ever!

Happy Halloween

 

The Mime…

 

The Ghost… (note for future years: the traditional sheet over the head with circles cut out for eyes does NOT work!)

 

Captain America (made mostly out of Duct tape!)

 

The Grim Reaper

 

Watching the crazies super-excited kids at the trunk-or-treat.

 

I made this hat for Daniel.  He wore it for a total of about 3 minutes.  Next year!!

 

This one is totally descriptive of our evening.  Caleb couldn’t hold still, Rachel had wardrobe malfunctions the whole night, Josh was the one who was too cool for everyone else, and Emily just wanted candy.  LOL!!

Hope you all had a great Halloween.  I, for one, am glad it’s over.  Bring on Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2009

We are bad parents - we didn't take the kids trick-or-treating! I know, I'm feeling pretty guilty about it! We had cousins over, and they were all having a great time, and we were having a great time, and they were eating tons of candy, so that makes up for it, right?!!? And Caleb got sick in the evening, so I'm sure that's a perfect excuse! (I'm really trying to make myself feel better, but it's not working!)

We did have a Halloween party earlier in the week with Jared's family, and the kids got to dress up for it. Well, Jared and I could have dressed up too, but that's just no fun! Here are some pictures from that night.

Rachel the Bumblebee and Caleb the Pumpkin - too cute!!

Josh was a Clone Trooper from Star Wars.

Jared took 4 pictures of him, and they all looked exactly like this!

Emily was a Rock Star, complete with colored braids in her hair, a headset, blow-up guitar, shiny skirt and mom's belt!

She kept dancing around saying "I'm a HOT rock star!"

All of us, with Jared behind the camera.

Man I'm scary!!!

The Rock-ettes!

These boys love their Star Wars!

I love the look on Caleb's face in this one!

He'd had more than enough pictures by this time!

All the Ripplinger grandkids - aren't they cute?!?!