Halloween

Halloween, the beloved holiday of costumes and candy, has come and gone. We had some good costumes this year, and as always, received way too much candy. It was quite obscene, really. So starting with Spencer, here are the costumes for 2010:
Spencer - Poseidon (inspired by his current obsession with the Percy Jackson books)
Tyler - Skull Ninja (Tyler never really cares what he is for Halloween. He just wants to look cool.)
Ella - A bride (Looked way too cute!)
Ruby - Blue Monster, aka Cookie Monster (She picked her costume out of the plethora of costumes we have at home from past years, and she just loved this one. We weren't completely sure if she was going to stick with Cookie Monster when the day arrived - because she occasionally told people that she was going to be a lion or Spiderman, her two other favorites - but in the end she wore this one for both Halloween parties, for the church Trunk-or-Treat, and for the actual day of Halloween.)

Is this not the pose of all poses?? I swear this could have been me, in younger years. Very dramatic, never satisfied with a simple pose or costume. Oh Spencer...

This year I made a Mummy Meatloaf for dinner, and the kids really got a kick out of that guy.


Bryan did another outstanding job on the pumpkins this year, and didn't have any feeling left in his right hand for about 24 hours after the carving. But don't they look cool???

And this is the loot!!! Is that an insane amount of candy, or what?? They pooled it all together in a big garbage bag, and it was so heavy that it ripped through the plastic! We will never be able to eat all of this. But boy were they proud of it!!