October 31

Halloween was different this year.

Somehow we managed to get no pictures of the kids together.

Jake took awhile to decide if he was even going.
So we threw together a "costume" at the last minute.

Our daughter.
Our oldest.
Our most...ahem...mature.
Decided to have a major and ridiculous meltdown.

She composed herself enough for a pic with her cousin.They were little girls.
My husband might have asked her.
In the middle of her meltdown.
If she was just acting out her costume character.
As you can imagine, that was well-received.
Good times with the Entz's.

Our boys and nephew.Jake was a KU fan.
Real clever, huh?
Ha!
It was the best I could come up with in 10 minutes.

Ezra was a pirate.
The wig did not stay on too long.
Jobie saw his costume at a consignment sale.
And had to have it.
It was $4.
I indulged.
He calls it: Monster Cookie.Oh, my heart.
I don't want him to grow up.

Our Motley Crew

Lara: kitty kat/tiger
Brookelynn: fashion disaster
(she threw it together in 5 minutes)
Jake: I'll explain in a moment
Ezra: Spiderman
Jobe: Batman

Jake's was my favorite this year.
And I think he actually liked it too.
(last year, I mentioned Jake's bad luck with halloween)

Friday night.
What should Jake be for halloween?
Both Ryan and I sitting with computers on our lap.
Looking for ideas.

Saturday night.
What should Jake be for halloween?
(with a little more urgency)
Ryan: Napoleon Dynomite
Run to Walmart.
All they have are black curly wigs.
No blonde.
Except for a Donald Trump one.
Ummm...no.

So I bought the black.
Not Napoleon.
But you take what you can get sometimes.

Since the wig was different,
we figured we might as well switch other things up a bit too.
Napoleon Dynomite.
Jake style. Ryan printed "Vote for Jake" from the computer.
Then Brookie traced it onto a plain white t-shirt we had.
And colored the the arm and neck bands.

Hilarious.
I love it!

Dressin' Up

Halloween was a bit different this year.

Brookelynn got ready early.

She went downtown to help pass out candy

to the hoardes of kids who come for the "Safe Walk".

We went one year.

And never went again.

Absolute craziness.

1,500 kids.

Walking up and down three blocks of Main Street.

So that left us with the three boys

to get ready a couple of hours later.

We picked up Brookie

and stopped at Grandpa and Grandma's.

The plan was for Jakie to be Albert Einstein.

But most people just thought he was a mad scientist.

That works.

Then we returned to our neighborhood.

And let this motley crew head out on their own.

With LOTS of instructions, boundaries and a deadline.

Ryan and I headed out with the little two.

Even though Ezzie was convinced

he was old enough to go with the posse.
No, no, no.

I missed my older kids.

Stop growing up, I say.