Happy Halloween!

I didn't get nearly as much done as I had hoped or as many pictures as I would have liked on Halloween, as we were a bit short on time.  We didn't even get our pumpkins carved!  I got back with the boys at about noon, after being away for about 2 weeks.  By the time I got them fed and Evan down for a nap it was 1:30!  I had a lot to do, and of course Cooper wouldn't take a nap...so here he is drawing on the chalk board while I was setting the table.   This actually entertained him for a good 10 minutes, who would have thought?!?  

For our little Halloween gathering, we started with pumpkin dip with apples and vanilla wafers (huge hit!).  I got the recipe from pinterest.  I didn't have vanilla pudding mix, so used chocolate, still turned out great!  Then we had pumpkin soup with homemade croutons- yum!  To drink we had apple cider from our favorite farm, Bro-Kor Valley Farm, and a selection of harvest beer!  That's about all we got done!  

Here are our little ones and friends: Amelia the lion, Ryan Spiderman, Nola the ladybug, Cooper the turtle and Evan the octopus.  All super cute and classically impossible to get a picture with everyone happy and looking in one direction, but to me that makes the picture all that more unique and special.  :-)

Here's Brett, the scuba diver with his little sea turtle.  The octopus was feeling elusive and didn't want to take part.  

 Here are some better pictures with some better lighting!  Cooper's costume was so appropriate- he's crawling and also he still rarely rolls from his back to his belly- only during diaper changes...  Oh this costume was completely free- I just pulled together some green layers, then sewed up a little turtle shell and attached it to the little vest!  Easy peasy!  Evan's octopus costume was also super easy to make!  The base layer is just a set of thermal pjs I got for him previously.  Then I used some old knee socks of mine, stuffed them then attached them to a belt with safety pins for the legs.  The eyes are just felt that I stitched to a pair of baby pants then knotted on the top.  Definitely not fancy, but I think they looked adorable!

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Halloween!  Much love!