The Star Wars Siblings

So Halloween being on Sunday this year and being out of the "Utah Saturday super festivities loop" I was sorely disappointed that I couldn't rake in more candy from my kids trudging a real trick or treating route. :( Ok not really, I'm a grown up and can buy my own candy now right? True...but I'm not gonna lie, the rich assortment collected through trick or treating is always nice! But just cause Halloween fell on Sunday, we still made sure to get these kids dazzled up for the event. Last year our family was a set of condiments, and this year if I'd had two adult Ewalk costumes, we could have done a whole ensemble again. But as it was I procrastinated long enough that I was lucky to finish up two costumes by 4pm on Saturday evening. Pathetic... But all in all I was fairly proud of my non sewing skills and what they were able to produce. The really nice thing is that when its a Halloween costume no one really looks to see the quality of the work...just whether or not the clothing stays on and is discernible into a specific character. Which I think we scored big on. So here are a couple shots of our lovely Luke and Leia.
P.S. This was all inspired by Ephraim's love of Star Wars and his constant requests to play "Star Wars" which consists of light saber fighting via a spatula and wooden spoon. :)

Pumpkin Patch

So my darling Adam got a surprise date set up for the whole family. Only problem was week after week it couldn't be done so eventually it wasn't much of a surprise! But it was the thought that counted. So he bought an online coupon to a pumpkin patch ensuring us two caramel apples, two fire roasted corns, two pumpkins under 20lbs, and two tickets to the corn maze all for a low $16 dollars! Not bad!Especially considering caramel apples are $3, Corn $2.50, Pumpkins at least $5 each, and the maze was $5 as well. Only catch is it had to be on a Saturday in the month of October. Not so impossible...right? Well by the time we purchased it we had 4 attempts left. 1st attempt foiled by Portland Rain. Next week I had to teach a class at a R.S. Super Saturday, and low and behold Ephraim had thrown up the night before thwarting any plans of making it happen in the afternoon. The next week rolled around and although the weather was less than favorable, our chances of it improving in a week were slim...and who knew what random issue could still arise to keep us from going. So with only an hour before it closed we packed up the kids, and zipped over to Sauvie Island to make the most of our October festivities before the weather turned. (There had been a 4 hr window of no rain...) Well after pulling up and hopping on the wagon the sprinkling began. Luckily we were able to get our pumpkins and slip through the muddy maze for 5 min before it was too cold and wet to endure much more. So in the end not the $16 dollar deal we'd dreamed of...but at least not utterly wasted. Oh and Ephraim loved the carving/lighting of the pumpkin too. He broke into singing happy birthday when we killed the light and lit the jack-o-lantern.