Halloween festivities

We hosted our 2nd annual 'Halloween Extravaganza' this past weekend.....basically just an excuse to throw a mid-morning party.   Our Cleveland buddies were in town so the girls were excited to spend some time with Aunt Barbara and Christopher (although Reese is still emotionally scarred from the whole summer biting-of-her-stomach incident).
I didn't take many pics.....my apologies.
The cousins all came dressed in costume.....1st prize for originality goes to Christopher - aka - the old man from Up....complete with walker & balloons.   Nolan scared the bejesus out of me with his hard-core facial expressions so heavens only knows what was going through little Christopher's mind.
Ryan was Tinkerbell and Reese was the ever-recycled elephant costume that both Ryan and Jack have worn (Ryan the last two years). We can only keep Reese in a costumed state for a max of about 10 minutes - the below picture was the last to be had as the derobing had begun.  Christopher (and me) still scared sh*tless by Nolan.
The kids got to pick out a pumpkin....
And then because it was a bit chilly out at 10am, the parents (fine...me) were cozy inside watching football pregame and drinking hot coffee (aka - lazy), we made all the carving tools disappear and busted out the stickers and markers for a fun, indoor, decorating fest.
Boo!

And yesterday, our neighborhood had a little Halloween party for all the kids...It was during Reese's nap time, so she missed out but Ryan and her buddy Amelia got to go and have some fun. The only pic I captured was during the big leaf pile game. That would be Ryan in the blue coat with yellow headband.