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Halloween 2015

As life seems to do these days, the minutes past faster than I can remember, which means the days went faster, the weeks went faster, and before I knew it, we were staring Halloween in the face. Hadn't we JUST gone back to school?

Regardless, I asked the kiddos what they wanted to be for Halloween, and it was a resounding answer. Colton went first, saying Purdue Football player, which made Emmalyn want to be a Purdue cheerleader, and since we were already riding this ship and 2 year olds really don't get a vote...Keaton was going to be a Purdue basketball player. The best part in this entire kid-thought-of scheme....we didn't need to BUY one single costume. We had all the fixins' right in our dress up bag and closets.

Granted, like any good Mom would, I nailed the dollar tree for a few "add-ons"....like fake flower foam molds for shoulder pads and a hairbow the size of Texas for Emmalyn's cheer outfit. And as I started to scheme making Keaton a Purdue baskeball player, I got a genius idea.

Remember this guy?
Remember the adorable bibs Grandma Pat got the little guys last year at Christmas?
And so it went down.....Purdue Cheerleader. Purdue Football Player. Amazing Purdue Fan/Helmet dude.
Little did we know at that time, what a popular choice this would be. When we got to Grandma Mandy's....we found Harry a Purdue BAsketball Player and Lucy a basketball/net.
Well done, eh? Just wait. It gets better. Because we do so much running around (we call this, Country Kid Trick-or-Treating) we feel like the kids don't get to actually see/hang out/play with their costumed cousins/friends. So we invited Jason's side of the family to our house as a "last stop" (inturn, saving ourselves about 3 different stops, incorporating them into one!

What did we find upon all the Stockment Cousins...
Another Purdue Football player, a Colts Football player, a referee, a ninja, a cat, a dog, a dragon & Anna! :) What a FUN evening. So fun to see all the little kids dressed up having fun together!

And cupcakes and green lemonade....we'll consider this a pretty successful Halloween! So successful, that the following morning on the way to church....



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