Put On Your Freaking Tutu and Get in the Car!

I was originally going to title this "A Hutson Halloween," but I think the current title is more fitting: Halloween was clearly not invented by a parent of young children.  Here are a few snapshots from our Halloween festivities.

We carved pumpkins on Tuesday, and once they were carved, Lila kept saying, "Me sit pumpin."  She then encouraged Little Sister to sit on the other pumpkin, but Little Sister's lid kept falling off, so she did not understand the appeal of pumpin sitting.



This photo was taken right after Little Sister put Princess Tianna inside the pumpkin.  I believe she is kissing her to make it better.

After naps on Halloween, we rushed over to Johnny's office in full costume to go trick or treating.  Little Guy was a dinosaur.

And the girls were two pretty peacocks.  I realized when we walked in the door to his office that I didn't explain Halloween beyond, "You have to put your tutu on because this is the day that everyone wears a tutu, and Daddy will be so sad if you're not wearing a tutu so put on your freaking tutu and get in the car!"  I quickly gave them a run down about saying trick or treat, but they clearly had no idea why all of Daddy's friends were giving them hand fulls of candy...or why Mommy said after one piece it was just for looking at.

 

After trick or treating at Johnny's office, we had to deal with the reality of having a family made up of two families and splitting holidays.  But after being driven all over Kansas City, Lila got to end her day handing out candy at Grandmommy's.  Once we pulled into Grandmommy's driveway, Lila was very excited to show her the costume that only thirty minutes before she had pushed to the floor of the car.  She was all like, "Um Mom get my tutu!" and I was all like, "Um Lila where was that enthusiasm an hour ago?" Geeze.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Lila wanted to wish everyone a happy Halloween!



She is a flamingo this year...not an owl or a cupcake as have been suggested by some people.

She also wanted to remind me that we forgot to carve our pumpkins this year, so she was just going to do it with her teeth.

Once we came inside, we realized that our costume made playtime kind of difficult.  The wings kept getting in the way of the sweet potato puffs she was trying to eat.  Rude.

Boo!

Trick or Treater: "Yes! Reese's Pieces! You're the only house that has these!"

Success.




Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treat!

After our grown up brunch this Sunday with Sarah, Emma, and Katie from high school,  Johnny and I decided to carve our pumpkins for Halloween!  I'm especially excited for Halloween this year because in Philadelphia, no one really comes to your door because it's dangerous and blah blah blah.  Here, I'm hoping to have lots of little trick or treating neighbors.

Johnny did an excellent job of carving his tall and skinny pumpkin.  He had an interesting technique.  He would scoop and scoop and scoop and then turn the pumpkin upside down and bang on it to get all the stuff out.  It seemed to be very effective.

So come trick or treat at our house!  Next year there will be three little pumpkins sitting on the porch.  And by the way, the little pumpkin on the right is the same size as 20 week old Baby Hutson is! Cantaloupe sized.

Happy Halloween!