Halloween - WahoooOooo!

Dexter got to choose our family costume theme this year.  One of his favorite shows is "The Magic School Bus" and he said he wanted to be the bus.  The rest of us picked (aka Mom assigned) who we'd be.

The costumes were pretty simple.  One trip to D.I. and I was able to find most things, with a bit of modification, that would be perfect.

Dying the turtlenecks yellow

Testing out the lizard tail

The dress needed some stars

The back of the dress - two special features - a black hole and a big dipper

The front of Ms. Frizzle's dress - rocket ship included

 I guess all my costumes lately have needed a cardboard box in them somehow.

Painted yellow, with the basics painted

All finished up, and he loves it!

Side view of the bus

 The city's Halloween Carnival was two weeks early this year.  I had to finish in time, and I barely made it.  So here's everyone's individual shots of us getting ready for the party.

Flynn - Liz

Green clothes with some added back details

Ellie was dressed as Phoebe - "At my old school..."

Kyle - Ralphie

Whitney - Ms. Frizzle

Only picture from the carnival - eating doughnuts

 Dexter's preschool had a field trip to our local farm and corn maze.  They have a lot of fun stuff in a courtyard for kids to do, and I knew I couldn't handle all 3 kids by myself.  Kyle took the afternoon off and joined us.  First we did a hay ride where we went pumpkin picking, then free time in a large courtyard.  There were lots of slides, from little ones, to two stories tall ones.  The kids loved them all.

In the cow bouncing house

 They loved the cow train.  At first Ellie was quite hesitant to go on it.  As it pulled out of the station, her face conveyed thoughts of: "MOM! DAD! What have you done to me?!"  Then pulling back in, there was just a big ol' grin on.  She even requested it as her last activity, and after getting out of it she said, "The cow twain go...uh uuuhhh, uh, uhhh."  And mimiking how it bounces around.

The cow train

Classic take picture faces.  Dexter in his little world, and Ellie making faces.

Pumpking carving for FHE

 Next activity was the ward Trunk or Treat.

Trying to get a good family shot, but Flynn wasn't in full costume, and Dexter was running around crazy

She loved the candy...a bit too much.

Lots of sugar crashes (also mixed with sickness)

Finally an altogether shot on Halloween night!