halloween...

trick or treat!  i was sooo excited for halloween to come around because remi's now old enough that we could really go trick or treating.  since it's not really okay for a 30 year old to go by herself for the fun of it all, it was nice to have remi along as my little decoy - and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly! 

remi was a cute, cuddly lion.  i got him to say "rarrrr!" when we were at home getting ready, but when he was in the moment all that went out the window.  so rather than a ferocious lion, he was cute and cuddly.  which, honestly, is how i prefer it.

shawn dressed up on friday for his work party as a green monster but didn't want to paint his face again.  that stuff can be pretty thick and uncomfortable.  he was toying with not dressing up at all, but it's halloween!  you only get to do this once a year!  so i came up with this dall sheep costume - complete with paper towel rolls for the horns, remi's white onsie for the hat, and a sheep fur that we got in poland.  tadahhh!  looks great, doesn't it?!!

i had a really hard time coming up with something for me so i was just going to go as a vampire, since i have  fantastic vampire teeth that an orthodontic lab tech made for me several years ago.  i started getting ready (check out my face) and then realized that none of my vampire clothes fit.  pregnancy was not really cooperating!  instead, i decided for my belly to go as a pumpkin and thus i became a vampire pumpkin!  for anyone who's in my shoes next year (meaning very pregnant) go as wilson, the volleyball and your spouse as tom hanks from cast away.  i stole the idea from a book but wasn't able to use it.

we went trick or treating with some friends - 4 families total.  it was great!  we were out there for quite a while and remi walked almost the whole time, i was so impressed.  he was pretty excited to be given all these random things and put them in his bag and was as happy as a clam ...until... shawn decided to share a tootsie roll with remi and then remi realized what all those random things were that he was getting.  sugar!  oh, yummy!!!  after that remi was very possessive about anything that was given to him and would throw a small fit after every house we went to.  he didn't walk much after that.  ignorance is bliss... at least for the parents!  haha!

 we even got to trick or treat to a cop car!

the stash!  again, good thing remi doesn't quite realize and remember that all that candy is his, because i polished it off for him.  i felt like a little kid again - you come home, sort your candy, hide the candy (more so that remi isn't throwing a fit because he wants some), eat the candy, feel sick.  yep, i did all that.  i never let myself buy candy except during halloween, christmas and easter so i became an uncontrollable garbage disposal.  ugh!  and don't worry, i did share - remi loved the m&ms and skittles (he made quite a mess while eating them - a testimonial to their goodness).