Saturday, November 1, 2008

Halloween!!






Halloween was a really long day but really fun. It started out at 8 am with me making Bart and myself our costumes. I got black sweatshirts and transfer paper to make skeletons and then out lined them in glow in the dark puffy paint (my shirt had a baby skeleton in the tummy). While I was doing this I let Brooklyn play with some candles which she dropped and the glass shattered. I was too busy to pick it up then so later on in the day I accidentally stepped on it and sliced my foot, it was all too exciting.

In the midst of all of this my sister Lexi and I were decorating the trailer for our trunk-or-treat. Bart and I always think it would be fun to decorate it but he gets too busy so this year I just decided to do it with Lexi and it turned out great. All of the walls were decorated like a dungeon with skeletons, there were glowing eye balls, skeletons in cages hanging from the ceiling and spider webs all over, it turned out great ( i wish the pictures turned out better they do not do it justice).

So I am very proud of everything that I got done and of course Brooklyn was so adorable in her cat costume. She was so much fun, Brooklyn loved handing out the candy as much as getting it and she loved wearing her costume (she thought she was really neat and loved to look at herself in the mirror). We ended the night up at our friends Joel and Amber's house where the kids had alot of fun and by the end of the night Brooklyn's outfit looked like it got attacked by chocolate. It was a great day!!!

11 comments:

Thayerclan said...

Brooklyn is so cute! The trailer looks awesome, I hope you guys won and award or something for it! Yahoo for updating your blog :)

McGuire's said...

You're back!!! Your costumes were awesome. I love the little baby skeleton! I'm so happy you are feeling better!

Roseanne said...

YEA, you posted more pics!!!! Brooklyn looks adorable! I love the skeleton baby, so creative. The trailer looks awesome, it looks like you spent days decorating it! Good job! I miss you too.

Lindsey said...

Yeah, my nudge worked :)
Brooklyn is such a cute Kitty! And baby girl is a great skeleton! Good job on your sweatshirts and the trailer, very spooky.

Anonymous said...

She is darling...and good job just taking charge! It's made my life much easier not waiting for work to be done! ;) Congrats on the baby!!! I didn't know you were preg. we don't get ALL the news out here in no man's land! That is just too cool!

Anonymous said...

Brooklyn looks so so cute in her Halloween costume! Maverick loved your spooky trailer!

Live everyday to its fullest said...

CONGRATS ON NUMBER TWO!

Sarah said...

Hey Gretchen! I found your blog through Amber. You're family is so cute. Hope you don't mind me "stalking." I love the pictures. Our blog add is: thecrazyrossclan.blogspot.com. BTW, when are you due? I just had baby #2 in Aug. Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

I found you! You and your family look so happy! Brooklyn is a doll!

bree n rew said...

Gretchen! Long time no chatty :) Your blog looks great, and your family is gorgeous :) Am I right to assume that you are expecting again (from the halloween costume?) if so congrats :) Anyway,I just started a blog, I added to you mine, our new blog is www.thegibbonsmonkeymadhouse.blogspot.com. I hope you are doing amazing! :)bree

Jeanine said...

Brooklyn looks so dang cute in her costume. Love Jeanine