This is Halloween NIGHT!

This summer Kai decided that he was going to be the Joker (from The Dark Knight) for Halloween. He had seen many previews and just fell in love with the character. Eventually Brian convinced me to go see the movie with him and so off we went. It wasn't until then that I had any objections to Kai costume choice. The Joker, in my opinion, is the worst of the worst when it comes to bad guys. I would much rather have a run in with The Green Goblin, Darth Vader, or even Charles Manson over THE JOKER!

So, my decision was to not sweat it. After all when he had come to the decision we were a good three months away from Halloween, and really we are talking about a two year old here. He was bound to change his mind at least 10 or 20 more times before the actual day came, right? WRONG!

We spend just under two hours in the costume store trying to make the big decision for all of the kids. Ethan and Olivia were just so excited to look at all the costumes and make their choice, but not Kai! He just sat in the cart glancing over the options, but responded with "that not duh joker," over and over as I showed cute age appropriate idea. He just wasn't going to have any of. His mind was made up and he wasn't going to settle. So, we left with face make up so I could paint him up just like The Joker.

Now onto Olivia's choice! We ended up on this super cute Zoo Keeper, but what she really wanted was to be a Cyborg Alien. I was just heartbroken to tell her that they didn't have it in her size and then refocus her to the girl section!


And Ethan my very reasonable costume picker found the blue power ranger and it was perfect for him.

We of course started our night with a spooky dinner made of roast, ghost shaped mashed potatoes, slimy salad, corn, and monster apple mouths. We drank blood of course with missing body parts somewhere inside, and I didn't finish the cupcakes desserts. Lame I KNOW! Sorry this is sideways, I tried to fix it but I couldn't!

Over all we had a great Halloween. The kids scored pretty big between trunk or treat and regular trick or treating. I was too tired last night to confiscate my favorite candies from each so I am saving that for tonight!