This Is Halloween

The boys wore their black-dragon-with-red-wing-insets and HTTYD Toothless costumes that I had made them in years previous.  With the loss of JoAnn Fabrics, it is a lot harder to browse pattern books and pick up material to make... well, just about anything these days!  Michaels claims to be filling the gap, but they're really, really not, and I refuse to set foot in Hobby Lobby for the same moral reason I will not eat at Chik-Fil-A.

So, because the costumes are hoodie style, I won't be putting pictures of the boys up.  I do not share their images online.  But what I can share are this year's jack-o-lanterns!

Jazzy went for scary!  He drew it; I carved it.

Squiddle also went for spooky vibes.  He carved his himself, though I did clear away some of the extra interior flesh to let the light shine brighter through the openings

My pumpkin ended up looking a bit skull-like, so I followed the contours for the carving and ended up with this goofy fellow.

And Wonderful Husband went for representational art.  Pikachu!

Also, this year it was absolutely downpouring all evening.  We usually get north of forty trick-or-treaters.  This year we eked out a mere thirty.  Needless to say, Wonderful Husband's Candypult did not get used.  Ah well, next year....