{7QT} Halloweenies

Let's talk Halloween prep today, shall weeeeeee? (say that really spookily to get you in the mood.)

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Most years that I am pregnant or have a little baby, I dial in Halloween.  I tell the kids to go to the costume bin in the upstairs closet and figure out something.  Halloween just isn't that big of a deal for us.  The kids dress up for All Saints Day at school, and their Halloween costumes are usually a secondary thought to those costumes.  Also, our kids have never been "real" trick-or-treating at night, not because I have a problem with it, but because a small town near us has a Halloween parade at 4 that we all march in, then we trick-or-treat at a few surrounding houses right after, and then we go to my sister's house for pizza.  So we are usually home by 7 and that's all they've ever known!  It's awesome, really.

This year, without the pregnancy or newborn excuse, and with Xander's obsession over the Hulk, I decided to surprise them with Avengers costumes.  I got really great deals (on sale plus 30% off with code Spooky30 and another 30% off with code Pumpkin30 - see individual links below) and since I can't sew or craft I have to buy cheap!  Without further ado, here's what the kiddos will be...

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Xander will be The Hulk.  Because he thinks he actually is the Hulk.

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Eamon will be Captain America. This just suits him so well.

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Andrew will be Iron Man.  He wanted to be the funniest one.

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John-Paul will be Thor.  He's the tallest, so it worked!  He was hard to find a costume for as he is in between a boy and a man right now (oh the joys of smelly puberty) so we just got him this shirt and this hammer to hold.

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Declan will wear this shirt as I couldn't find any other Avengers group costume to fit him.  He doesn't mind.  I asked.

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Maggie will be The Black Widow.  We have a red wig that she may or probably won't let me put near her head, but I'll try :)

Now if there was just a way to turn all of these into saints costumes, I'd be all set ;)

St. Joan of Arc, St. Michael, St. Patrick, St. George, and St. Florian, perhaps?????

Have a great Halloween-prepping last-soccer-games kinda weekend everybody!!  And as usual, go see Kelly for more.