So I am totally a last-minute mom. I throw birthday parties together at the 11th our, EVERY TIME, I run around the house helping the kids find the “parts” to their uniforms for baseball or what-have-you 10 minutes before kick-off, EVERY TIME, and of course, we pull together costumes on October 30th EVERY TIME! Well, this year, actually, I beat my record and we were able to get everyone situated by MONDAY, can you believe it?? Well, I do credit the kids, who chased and hounded us relentlessly for weeks. But I am happy to say that it did make last night much more pleasant.

We had hoped to find a killer ladybug costume for Lydie-bug, but I was unsuccessful. However, the so so adorable mouse costume we ended up with was a delightful compromise. The best part is when she says, “Squeek-squeek!” And Alayna wanted to be Sacagawea, an important woman in history whom she learned about in school. We were able to piece together a cool costume using the extremely inappropriate teen version of an indian hooker, ahem, princess, a long sleeve shirt and some moccasins. After wearing the costume to her school’s harvest carnival and having everyone ask her if she was Pocahontas, she decided, in her sweet Miss-Alayneous-go-with-the-flow way, that she would just be Pocahontas to avoid any more confusion. Isaiah struggled with what to be but seemed quite satisfied when we suggested he go as a rockstar. He really wanted a mowhawk, which we attempted a few times, to no avail. He was a good sport about how his hair turned out and I am pretty sure his main goal had more to do with candy than costumes. Too bad for him we only let them eat 2 pieces last night and 2 pieces a day. That candy should last until Easter! We might just hide some away for the Christmas stockings! Tyler declared that he is too old to dress up and he stayed home to hand out candy. Not sure how much of it he consumed, but there was some clear evidence of his munchies in his braces :-).

I hope you all had a safe and fun night. Here are my little honeys all dressed up. Aren’t they cute??

Lydia said to me “Mama, take a picture of my tail; like this! ” LOL