Halloween

Picture of the Week: Iron Man

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Our town does a thing every Halloween where the downtown businesses offer trick-or-treating for the kids. This came about a few years ago when there was a lot of controversy over house-to-house trick-or-treating because of the “risk” associated with accepting candy/food from strangers. One of the insurance offices had someone in a full-on Iron Man costume around for pictures.

Seahawk went as Russell Wilson (of course!) and Munchkin was a ninja. I think we spent a sum total of $8 for their costumes – $4 at Goodwill for the football helmet (which is actually a softball helmet, but no matter) and $4 for the fabric to make the ninja mask. They just wore regular clothes otherwise.

Happy November!

–Wendy

Pumpkin Carving

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I hate carving pumpkins. There. I’ve said it. But my kids love it, and I forget year to year how much I dislike it. Hubby has a skin allergy to pumpkin flesh (he can eat it, just can’t touch it raw), so carving duties fall to me.

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We bought one of the kits with a book of patterns and the carving tools. Munchkin chose a headless guy, which ended up being more difficult than expected to complete. But he liked it, so that’s all that matters.

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I think it ended up looking like Batman’s logo. But look carefully and you can tell that the top part is actually a top hat, and the bottom is a coat.

Seahawk decided he wanted a spider on his, so I just freehanded a basic spider shape. There was more cutting on his, but less details, so it was easier overall.

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Happy (almost) Halloween!

–Wendy