Happy Halloween!

We had a busy weekend filled with all sorts of tricks and treats!!

Friday night we headed out for begger's night. Sam revived an old costume at the last minute...the dreaded clown, and headed out with his friends.

Jack found it quite frightening.

Jack was in full Halloween gear with his Bart Simpson costume!

The only draw back was that it was a bit difficult to see out of the eyes. His friend had to help Jack walk, especially up and down steps.  Oh! And the mask is solid rubber = hot.

Sam was suppose to walk in the Homer costume, but at the last minute he decided that going out with friends would be more fun! (Who wouldn't!!) A friend invited Jack, so Jason stepped into the costume to fill in for Sam!

 We piled into the car to find a neighborhood to Trick or Treat. (So no one would recognize us!!) We had a bit of an issue getting Jason in the car... he made it work, but it was a very snug fit!

Jack had a very successful night of trick or treating and sorted out his candy the next day. He had a pile of chocolate candy, chewy candy, hard candies, items and full sized candy!

 On Halloween, the boys decided to try our their very first Haunted House. Jack was soooo excited to go and couldn't wait to experience a real fright! Sam was ok with it.

 

Well, I think Jack's experience has scarred him for life. The first "room" was a girl and she was yelling, "JAAAACCCKKKK! Where's Jack?" She had an empty Jack-in-the-Box in front of her.  That was the end for Jack. He pulled a "Katie" grabbed the back of Jason's coat and buried his head into his back. At one point, a guy jumped out and scared everyone. Jason said, you could hear Jack yelling, "YOU ARE SUCH A JERK!" Sam wasn't sure what to expect, but since he went, he thinks he might be able to go again.  He thought it was scary, but doable.

Jack...he is never going into another one as long as he lives.

Happy Halloween!

The Halloween season is wrapping up this weekend, so I thought I would share some of the Halloween happenings that have occurred at our house!

Jack visited the Halloween aisle in Target.

Jack brought out the scary clown mask...

..So he could scare his Aunt who fears clowns.

 

Aw...this poor little Lego guy got attacked by the birds.

Sam ate some eyeballs.

Jack blew his eyes out with all his video game playing and his uni-brow is totally out of control!

Jack ate a cupcake with gummy eyes on them. He put frosting on his eyelids and stuck the gummy eyes into the frosting!! We think that sticking out his tongue helped keep the eyeballs in place.

 And then he lost one!

No worries, my MOM put it right back on for him, because this entire event was HER idea and doing!!

 

I will give her credit...she did help clean his eyeballs up!

This weekend, we still have trick or treating, maybe a haunted house, hopefully some pumpkin carving and scary movie night! Check back Monday to see how we survived!!

Happy Halloween!!

This and That...

Here are some odds and ends that went on in October!

 Both boys love to spend time with their dad doing "guy" things!  On this day, Jack and Jason went up to an Iowa State Football game together. When they leave I always remind them to take pictures!! Jason does a great job sending me pictures of what they are up to!

When Jason sent me this photo, I wondered whose shoulder Jack was leaning on, but it's just the way the picture was taken. You can see that Jack is clapping and cheering on the Cyclones as they walked onto the field.

They had great seats for the game..not that the game was that wonderful, but the weather and view was wonderful!

 Sam went to an overnight retreat with his youth group. This is what he looked like the entire next day!

 Sam wrapped up a successful first season of school ball. The amount he improved was amazing and so fun to watch. I actually miss going to the Tuesday night games. This was taken at his last game with a few of his fans!!

Sam and Jason headed up for a football game at ISU on a Saturday evening. Sam told me the conversation about the "picture" went like this -
Jason: We need to take a picture to send to your mom. 
Smile. 
(click) 
Okay we are done with that now. That should keep her happy.

The pictures DO make me happy! Thank you, Jason!

Mitch...

As I said yesterday, I think Jack was a little inspired by the movie birds. He came in the next day and said, "Check this car out I just made, it's a lot like the one Mitch drove out of town in the movie!"

Jack also created a Mitch. Love how he drew the tie on Mitch.

He found crows and put them on the car and on "something." I asked him what was that thing the crow was sitting on...he said the railing at the house!

 Here is the car from the movie. Jack's isn't silver...they are not enough silver Legos! Notice the birds on the railing!

 

 And here is Mitch!

 

Here are a couple other views of The Birds Lego creation by Jack. You can see more details of the car.

 

 Jack took this picture and he loved the shadows!

 I must make a mental note of what movies we watch in the future, due to what he may decide to create. Hmmmm...might be too late.

Dinner and a Movie...

Last Friday, the four of us had dinner and a movie. One person gets to pick the movie for the night's viewing and chooses a dinner that  "goes" with the movie.  It was Jack's choice and so we had chicken tacos and watched Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds.  The perfect movie to start off our Halloween week!

 

The boys have heard us talk about this movie and how unsettling it was. Well the boys had a different opinion about the 1963 movie. 

About 40 minutes in, Jack turned to me and said, "There is absolutely nothing happening in this movie. It is about a girl who bought some love birds to a guy and all they do is talk." 

Then the kids got attacked by birds....

 

 

Finally, some action!!

And guess what they boys did...laughed and laughed!! 

What?? Why??

They thougth it was so cheesy because the kids were obviously not even running down a street! No blue or green screen technology in this flick!

This scene got a few chuckles too. The girl just laid there and Jack said, "Get up! Only one bird on ya!" Between his giggles.

Both boys were a little more quiet during the "bigger" attacks, such as the one in the phone booth and the one in the bedroom.

If you haven't seen the moive, then I am sorry...I am going to give the ending away!!

This is the final shot in the movie.  They drive away from the house not disturbing the birds. The end. We were all quiet and suddenly Sam says, "IS THAT IT?"  I was the one laughing this time! I can't stand movies that just end. I knew this was how the movie ended and I wondered if either boy would make a comment. I was obviously not disappointed! 

Though the boys may not have enjoyed THIS old horror movie, I must say it does inspire me to create a great Halloween costume someday!

 

And I believe Jack may have enjoyed the movie a little more than he is willing to admit. Stop back tomorrow to check out his "Birds" inspired Lego car!

We've Got Costumes!!

I would like to share with you the "rough drafts" of this year's Halloween costumes. 

Jack has decided to go as Bart Simpson from the TV show "The Simpsons." I don't know why.

 

He finally got his mask in the mail. What is all that black stuff on it? The company we purchased it from placed a flyer in the package asking for feedback on how pleased we were with their product. And it rubbed all over his mask!! UGH!! Not pleased!!

It's a good thing I am a crafter and have un-do product! With a little elbow grease, we were able to get a majority of the black smudge off the mask.  

 Jack plans all of his costumes. This year, he needed a red tee shirt (check), blue shorts (check) and a yellow morph suit! (amazon)

 

Put it all together and you have Bart Simpson!!

One of our many trips to Target, Jack and I spotted a Homer Simpson costume!! SAY WHAT?? Sam...you've got yourself a costume!!

 

This costume makes Sam over 6 feet tall! It is great! It also has a fan that blows up the costume. Sam had to check himself out in the bathroom mirror!!

Check him out from the side!!

The two Simpsons checking each other out.

This picture cracks me up. 

For two goof balls, this is the calmest picture!!

Homer usually has a drink in his hand. Sam thought it would be a good prop...don't worry, it was never opened!!!

 Enjoying the pictures!!

 The plan is to have Sam take Jack trick-or-treating, not to trick or treat himself, but be the "guy" in the background. He is hoping one of his friends will dress up as another Simpson character. "Mom, want to be Marge?"

 Eek!!