Darth, Yoda, Ninja, and a Football Player

Happy Halloween!  At this point in the party, we had already played so hard that we took off our costumes because we were so hot!

Finn smiling at Liam

Ninja Turtle, Yoda, and Darth Vader

Liam, the Ninja Turtle

Aiden as Yoda

And Luke as Darth Vader

Finn is a little football player with a onesie "costume" that I should have purchased after he had a huge growth spurt!!  Not sure it is going to fit by Halloween.

The whole gang getting ready for lunch at Kirsten's Halloween party

Getting ready to make bats

This picture is out of order, but worth mentioning that checkers is our new favorite game.  Luke, particularly, will play checkers with anyone at anytime.  He asked me this morning at 7:00 am to play checkers!!

Luke was very very proud of his United States map that he made at school.  He punched out the shapes of each state with a punch pin and glued them onto the map.  His teacher wrote the names on each state.

Playing Bingo at the Halloween party

Super excited about the new pajamas.  I almost never buy clothing with character things on it, but I can handle it with pajamas.  I had to turn down the cute matching Christmas pajamas this year.

We had our first of three Halloween parties last week.  Next to Christmas, Halloween is a favorite holiday for the boys.  They start planning their costume several months in advance.  For the first time in five Halloweens, I had very little to do with the costumes that the boys are wearing this year.  In the past, we have dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 (2008), Lions (2009), Viking Football Players and a Lion (2010), Buzz, Woody, and Rex (2011), and Superman, Batman, and Scooby Doo (2012).  In each case, John and I helped the boys decide what they would be and more or less pulled it all together.  But this year, we had some very diverse opinions on costumes for Halloween and I let them pick what they wanted.  Luke is very interested in Star Wars and quickly picked Darth Vader as his costume mainly because I think he likes the helmet that makes cool voice noises.  Liam isn't really all that into the Ninja Turtles, but he likes Ninja/Karate and he said he likes turtles; however, I think it was mostly the cool sword that made him pick that costume.  Aiden, for whatever reason, has a fascination for Yoda and the green sword even though he can't really sit still through an entire Star Wars movie.  Finn isn't really dressing up this year, but he is wearing a onesie that looks like a football player with a little hat.  I will try to get a better picture if I can fit him in it by Halloween.  He had a big growth spurt after I bought the outfit.

Our first Halloween party was tons of fun.  We do this party each and every year and it all began with our twin friends when Luke and Liam were 9 months old.  We played bingo, ate a Halloween themed lunch and treats, made a Halloween bat, and had so much fun with friends.