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You didn’t think we had only one costume, did you?

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Halloween Spooktacular is almost over.  Today is the last day to celebrate all things spookilicious.  Or Snookilicious 🙂

But you guys didn’t seriously think that Snooks & The Situation were the only costumes for Will and I!? 

oh no no.  We needed something a little more weather-appropriate (I demand a lot from Will but asking the little guy to go shirtless – fantastic abs and all – was just asking for a nippy toddler in the 50 degrees outside).  So we tossed our leapard print spandex to the wind and threw on our ‘real’ costumes….a la Star Wars style. 

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Yup – the little man and I were some of our favorite super heroes – Princess Leia and Yoda. 

His ears kill me. 

You may be wondering how our first trick-or-treating went in the new house? 

It was great.  We got ready and waited for my mom to get to our house before we headed out….

Will…err…Yoda spent the wait time on a little yardwork. 

But it wasn’t too long before we went to 9 houses in the neighborhood…Will loved to ring the doorbell and then would whisper ‘Peas’ for the candy.  I think this is what the people heard though….

and this is what the little Tinkler was actually meaning….

At the end of the night we hit our direct neighbors…and Yoda got extra special treats.  One of our retired friends gave him a Thomas the Train toy that also doubles as a train whistle (he played with it all night) and the family next door (that has the bajillion awesome riding toys) gave him an entire gift bag full of treats. 

And yes, later that night I teared up at the thought of living in a home with a community surrounding us that cares so much about my little boy that he gets extra special treatment.  The Force is strong here 🙂  

So how did your night go?  Buckets full?  Flashlights dead?  Still coming off your sugar-high?  What were your costumes?  Any other Star Wars heros?  Stormtroopers?  Vader?  Wookies?  Or maybe you were more sophisticated…like our first costumes 🙂

 

p.s.  a big costumed welcome to our new sponsor P.C. Fallon Co. who has some gorgeous items.  I LOVE (yes capital letters) some of the patterned Spartina bags – like the Port Passage coinpurse…or Isabella Vine drawstring bag…or anything in the Silver Dew line.  And that’s not all – I think that their classic dumbell sterling silver baby rattle is one of the most amazing baby gifts a kid (and her stylish mom) could get.  Check em out!    

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  1. omgoodness, you are too funny! Love your sense of humor 😛 the snooki/situation costume: hilarious, baby yoda: adorable, those ears are so cute. Did the ‘boyfriend’ dress up too?

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  2. Ah, yes. Adorable he is, indeed. The Force is strong with that one.

    I had a different kind of power this year – the kind you get with a kite and a key – and I didn’t need a light saber, because my forehead gave off a light of its own: lightenuplori.wordpress.com

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  4. Your Halloween sounded perfect…Here in NJ in many towns in my county they postponed Halloween! We had a strange snow storm this past weekend, leaving streets closed, sidewalks blocked, trees and live power lines down and many home all over without power for days. Many schools were closed too! I guess it was just too dangerous, so Halloween was been moved to Nov. 4th! Crazy right? Like who even has the authority to do that?We received messages at home and reverse 911 phone calls to all residents in my town to notify everyone. It’s like a cheesy ABC family movie, SNOW CANCELS HALLOWEEN!

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  6. My 5 yr old was Harry Potter – he wore the glasses and all. The 9 month old had to play along and was Harry’s owl – Hedwig and I was professor McGonagall. My 5 yr old was thrilld that we all dressed up. Dh missed out while being out of town.

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  11. This was my first Halloween living in a real house with real neighbors too! We got lots of kids! Know what else we got?? Adults. Yes 3 middle aged women (with no children, with no costumes) came trick or treating at our house. I reluctantly gave them candy since I didn’t know if it was for their kids at home, they were perhaps homeless or candy hungry… or just greedy. I also noticed that mothers or fathers had bags to fill too. I would toss some candy in the kids bag and realize the mom was holding her own open. Anyone else or is it just my weird neighborhood in Richmond?

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    • That is hilarious! I haven’t ever heard of moms & dads doing it too…or middle aged women by themselves 🙂 So funny.
      My mom does this thing in her neighborhood (she always has 70-100 kids come to the door) that she has two different candy stashes…one full of awesome full sized chocolate candy for the little kids who dress up really good…and one with gross old itty bitty hard candy for the teenagers that come to the door pretending to be ‘Zac Efron’ or ‘the kids on Twilight”.
      She says the rule is – no costume, no candy…so they get a ‘trick’ instead 🙂
      xo – kb

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    • SO funny! We are Richmonders too. My husband said some uncostumed adults and their costumed kids came to the door. He filled the kids bags and then the adults held out theirs?!!
      Loved the Star Wars!!

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    • I adore the little ones in costumes, but have had it with adults not in costume holding out their plastic bag for treats here in Phoenix. I was so frustrated; I may not give out candy next year. I like the idea of a hard piece of candy to give to those who shouldn’t be trick or treating so maybe that would be a good compromise.

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    • I didn’t know you were local too Robin. That’s hilarious… people have nerve, I don’t think I could do that!

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  14. KB-

    I read your blog every dang day and I have contemplated how I would send you the perfect – weirdo – HEY do-you-want-to-be-my-friend-in-real-life message. You know, like you did with Sherry 🙂 Jacksonville, Florida isnt far from you… 😉

    You rock, sister.

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  15. Love both sets of costumes! Look at those abs on your little man! Must be all that hard yard work.

    I’m a new reader to your blog… fully addicted.

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  16. yeah, you two rock as Jersey Shore people 😉 and will looks as cool as the real Situation does… so great!!! I really had to laugh out loud reading you two being Snookie & the Situation – have to keep that in mind for next year though hardly anybody might recognize it here in Germany – puh 🙁

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  19. my husband and i dressed up as legomen/people (got to be PC right?) on saturday which was awesome! our costumes took about 3 weeks to make but they were a huge hit! since i was depressed that we never get trick-or-treaters i was treated to my favorite mexican food place! nothing says halloween like a taco! 🙂

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  20. So glad you’re making so many great memories there in your new house (your sister’s wedding, meeting the neighbors, decorating, and now trick or treating). Is the house starting to feel like a home yet?

    Oh, and a totally random question that I’ve been wondering about: how did “Napoleon” the former owner get his nickname? It makes me laugh every time.

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    • yes – we definitely feel like it’s on it’s way to being home. And we found out that the former owner’s son’s middle name was Bonaparte (did you catch all that?!)…so it kinda fell into place.
      xo – kb

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  21. I love the little yoda costume – will should wear those ears all the time, he looks so precious!

    Last night was the first Halloween for us at our new house too. We ended up just hanging outside with our neighbors waiting for the kiddos to come. It was really nice to be out with the neighbors – i love that community feeling. Glad you enjoyed your first halloween at your dream house! 🙂

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  22. Love the costumes! My little guy went as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn this year and Obi wan kenobi last year. We love to see other little jedi! Did you make your costumes?

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  23. I only just noticed Wills ‘abs’ haha love it!

    You have an amazing neighbourhood for will to get all them treats!

    We didnt go out for Halloween, we just stayed in with some DVD’s and ate so many sweets we felt sick! good night all round! haha

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  24. I love a fellow Star Wars nerd!! You guys look fantastic. My baby was Princess Leia, and my 7 year old went as Darth Kitty. And if you know what Darth Kitty is, you are a super Star Wars Nerd.

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  25. Okay OMG I saw your first costume yesterday and was like “omg can Will get ANY cuter” and now I saw the picture of him walking away in the yard with his little ears – HAHAHA omg. I don’t know how you can ever take your eyes off your little boy. So incredibly precious.

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    • My hair was crazy that night. And yeah, I used socks (like the ones you use to curl your hair) but just left them rolled up 🙂
      xo – kb

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  28. Question. Did you find a way to start reading your readers’ minds? Not only did we dress my little guy up as Yoda, he had the EXACT same trick or treat bag from the ol Tar-jay. Although, you were probably fabulous and found yours at Goodwill for $0.10 while I paid the full $2.00 Target pricetag. Anyway, love reading your daily anecdotes. And love it even more when I feel like we’re living the same life. 🙂

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  30. will’s costume is hilarious. like seriously to die for. all he needed was a few tattoos and i would have been convinced…though i would have sworn the situation was taller…:)

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  33. That is so cute! My 15 month old went as r2d2…. I tried getting my 6 yr old to be c3p0…. But he won’t let me pick his costume any more… Enjoy it while you can! I wish I could show you a pic of r2d2… It was too cute.

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  34. Both sets of costumes are awesome! It’s so funny to see the “Jersey Shore” vs.”Star Wars.” You went from a hot babe to the picture of innocence. Will went from a mini hunk to the cutest Yoda ever! I love his haircut. What a fun time you two had.

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  35. we are about an hour north of you and when I saw your first costumes I couldnt believe you both trick or treated half naked, its good to know you didnt, it was chilly!!

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  36. I read someone else got adults…so did we!!!!!! WTH??? So did my mom, and she lives in a really nice neighborhood! I turned off my lights, front porch, inside and all. Sat in the dark on my lap top waiting for my pre-teen (on a supervised adventure of course) and I get a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK..over and over and then they tried to open the door. I think it’s my daughter, I run over and open. A mom with her probably 8 and 6 yr old..huh?? Mom standing there in the dark with her pillow case alongside her children. I said ‘guys, my light is off!’ They didn’t care. I gave them pretzels..hmph.
    Also my gorgeous home grown pumpkin was thrown in the street by some rascally teens. I live in a major city in silicon valley with over priced homes. Your neck of the woods is lookin’ might fine. I am so jealous of your Halloween.

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  40. I have to agree with you on Yoda’s ears – they make that costume! Both of your costume sets were adorable and I LOVED your Halloween console table. I wish I had one one-hundredth of your creativity!

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  41. Your Star Wars costumes are adorable! I’ll have to show my hubby who is a big ol’ Star Wars nerd. 🙂 We dressed up as clowns this year and it was nice to be in a comfy, non-hoochie costume.

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  42. Oh my, those ears!!! He is too cute!

    Since I spent my 11th grade as an exchange student in Pennsylvania I usually decorate my home for Halloween although it’s not such a big deal over here in Germany. Nevertheless in 2010 we had about 30 trick-or-treaters coming to our door, all in costume, it was really cute. This year we moved to a different area, the house nicely decorated again (thank God for Pinterest!) and we didn’t have a single kid at our door. Not one! 🙁 No adults either by the way.
    So I took all the candy to work with me on Tuesday. Noooot good for me to have those amounts of candy at home!

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  43. Both of your costumes were great (and hysterical!), but I totally thought you two were going to be Kate and Prince William 🙂

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  44. Hey Katie,
    I’m Jackie! I just recently started reading your blog about 5 months ago, I love it! I think you and your family are adorable and I love how you share diy tutorials. I wanted to let you know that I about died when I saw your star wars costumes…will is SO flippin’ adorable, those yoda ears are the greatest! Nice job! 🙂

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  45. Way cute! Holy cow is your hair long! Keep it!

    Gunner was a fireman, and Layken was his dalmation and he pulled her in the red radio flyer wagon =) It was perfect! If only the rain stayed away, so I’ll have to put the costumes back on them to get some nicer pictures.

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  46. haha I love that you have no fear of being a Star Wars junkie… I bet the term “let the force be with you” is a normal saying before you start projects?? lol

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  47. You crack me up, seriously. Not the normal laugh here and there, but the giddy laugh that makes my stomach muscles hurt (well, whats left of them after 2 kids). I’ve been back tracking through your blog today & can’t stop laughing! Thank you for making my morning… you rock my mismatched socks.

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    • haha…I betcha it would work! Just outline them with light brown eyeliner and then blend with a little bronzer 🙂 Instant workout….
      xo – kb

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  52. freaking hilarious!! how am i just now seeing this? Will’s six pack was SO funny! how on earth did you get him to sit still long enough to do that? the star wars costumes were also very cute!

    my daughter is 19 months old, so this was the first halloween that she could really participate in. i was pretty ambivalent about it due to the whole christian thing, but my hubby and i compromised by letting her dress up in “cute” costumes rather than anything with a possibly negative undertones.

    i found a pink dress with an attached tutu for $7 on clearance at old navy. we threw a pair of pink tights and a pink headband on her, slicked her hair into a bun and let her wear some black cloth mary janes that she already had. she was the cutest ballerina.

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