Halloween Eve

We love Halloween and we had so much fun decorating for it this year!  On Halloween Eve this year we made our traditional Jack'o'lantern pizza and carved pumpkins!

Under the Sea Halloween!

When Essie chose Ariel as her costume this year I knew we had to get all decked out in fun gear as well.  Travis dressed as "King Tritan" and I as Ursula.  Our costumes were super cheap and easy to make.  

 

For King Tritan, we ordered a "Situation" muscle shirt from Ebay.  They sent the wrong size so he was squeezed in it!  I bought some shimmery fabric from Hobby Lobby and he made a quick skirt/fin from it!  Then we cut wrist cuffs and a crown from sparkle foam.  We topped that off with a $5 wig from Walmart and a devil pitchfork that we painted gold.  Total cost for "king tritan" was under $20 and we got the $10 refunded for us for the shirt messup too! 

For Ursula, I had a purple shirt already.  I found this dress at Maurices for $7 bucks too!  I teased and sprayed my hair to the most unacceptable point and then sprayed with white hairspray from walmart.  I found that the hair color spray that is designed for dogs worked waaaay better too.  Random...I know.  I bought the cheapest red lipstick possible and had the blue eyeshadow already.  The gold shell necklace I found at Goodwill for $3 bucks!  For my tentacles I stuffed cheap black panty hose with fiberfill.  I got the $1 pair at walmart.  I didn't like how they looked so I didn't wear them for trick or treat.  I think I could've come up with another idea for those!  Total cost for Ursula: $18 bucks. 

For little miss Ariel....we didn't take the cheap route.  I love the way the dresses from Disney Store fit and the quality is unmatched.  We ordered her dress from Disney online and got the wig from Target.  Her bag I made from a cheap white canvas tote from Hobby lobby and hot glued felt shells and tulle skirt on it.  I added detail with puffy paint! 

Overall this was the most fun we've had at Halloween!  We got sooooo many compliments and people were stopping us to take pictures while trick or treating! ;)

Essie's school pictures!

We thought Essie's school pictures were just too dang adorable this year!

Travis' suprise 30th

I feel like the past two months have been nothing but birthday parties.  Travis turned 30 last week and rather than plan an additional birthday party I decided to just host a surprise dinner.  We took Essie to the princess ball first then afterwards went to a new place in town called "The Draft".  I had our families and several friends meet us there.  I think he was truly surprised and we had a blast with everyone!

Chick fil A royal ball

Last Monday we made reservations to take Es to the Chick Fil A royal ball.  It was insanely cute.  I could NOT believe the amount of work they put into it.  Every princess and prince was there...they sang, played games, and danced with the kids.  The evening ended with a royal carriage ride.  I'm fairly sure Essie felt like a ture princess that night...she waltzed all around and couldn't stop smiling!

Tammy's 50th

On October 21st my aunt Tammy turned 50.  I hosted a birthday party in her honor here at our house...she was overhoyed with the whole shindig!

Race for the Cure & a visit from the Clairdays

This past weekend our fabulous friends The Clairdays (who we miss terribly) came down to spend the weekend with us.  It was soooo nice to have them here and we had the best time.  Essie and Cooper played hard the whole weekend.

Saturday morning we got up SUPER EARLY and drove to Little Rock for the Race for the Cure.  We walked for Meemaw...it was a fun time...very moving!