Halloween 2017

In light of moving, we started thinking about Halloween early this year.  After throwing out a few ideas, we landed on the two older boys with the Wild Kratt brothers and the two younger boys being the creatures.  Phew!  After doing a quick Pinterest search, I found a super easy costume tutorial and breathed a sigh of relief.

I was half-way done with costumes by moving day, and luckily, I thought to stash all the supplies in a safe place so they wouldn't get lost in the move.  And then, I, of course, put off finishing them until the day of Halloween. 

Ivan's was easy - a tiger costume we already had.  And in the end, we let Conrad be a pumpkin or a moose depending on if he had his jacket on or off. 

Jason and I kept laughing about how many kids we passed would say, "There's Chris and Martin." And all the parents were confused about if their kids new us or not.  

We were also pleasantly surprised by how fast the boys were at trick or treating.  We planned not to stay as long this year, but they just blew through the blocks!

One of my favorite parts of the night was that Ivan kept saying, "Come on boys...CANDY!"

The next day, I gave the boys the option of trading their candy in for money.  They took me up on it and we went to the store the next day and let them spend it!  I think that might becoming a Halloween tradition.