We traveled to see my parents and siblings for Halloween. We have officially traded in dressing up in extravagant costumes and going to parties for sitting next to the bon fire, handing out candy, and snuggling with our little one. I can easily say I didn’t even miss it. I was a little jealous though as I helped my sister get her costume ready for her Halloween party, but I told her to save her outfit so I can use it down the road!! It turned out pretty awesome.

Her and her boyfriend wanted to be Red Riding Hood and The Wolf (her as the wolf and him as Red). After spending pretty much the entire day searching for the right materials to put together, many youtube tutorials, and staring at other’s makeup how-to’s, we finally had a pretty awesome outfit.

brother and sister as wolves

blurry but her makeup turned out pretty cool

check out her tail, ears and boot covers that we made

We made the tail from yarn and a dog brush! Crazy or what?! Ours did not turn out nearly as cool as the video we watched, but we also didn’t want to spend all day making that dang tail. We braided the yarn (using several strands). Afterward, we took about 6 inch pieces (10-12 pieces) and held one end while we brushed it out with the dog brush. Repeated on the other side and attach it to the braided strand. It turned out pretty cool.

My mom loves her holidays and Halloween is by far her favorite one. Every other year she does an incredible witch party. She spends all year prepping for it and it really shows. Her house looks like you stepped inside a haunted mansion. Since this was her off year, we spent the time handing out candy. She still gets all witched up and has her cauldron with dry ice to hand out candy to the little ones.

a butterfly daddy for his caterpillar baby//momma the scarecrow

I spy…. [[a butterfly, red riding hood, scarecrow, two wolves, a cat on the floor, and a scary witch in the back of the graveyard]]

a witch in her graveyard

my brother and his girlfriend

loving the fire

Our baby girl was a caterpillar which was just too cute! She slept most of the time while Trick-or-Treaters were wandering the streets, but she was mesmerized by the flames of the fire in between bouts of sleepiness. It was a great Halloween weekend sitting by the bonfire, enjoying family and neighborhood company, and finishing the Halloween night with a scary movie.