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Oct 8, 2017 11:00:18 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 8, 2017 11:00:18 GMT -6
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays!
So I figured why not start a thread to talk about it! 😁
Do you decorate?
Anyone dressing up their little one(s)? If you have older kids will you be trick or treating?
Anything else to add?!
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Oct 8, 2017 11:06:32 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 8, 2017 11:06:32 GMT -6
We do minimal decorating but we do put a few things out. I wish we could do more but MH is not into decorating, I have to force him to do it for Christmas. I got M a super cute Halloween dress that I'm going to out her in. A friend knitted her an elephant hat and diaper cover so I'm going to put her in that for pics too. So she doesn't have an official costume but still some cute stuff.
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Oct 8, 2017 11:08:00 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 8, 2017 11:08:00 GMT -6
So we went costume shopping yesterday! It was quite an experience letting DS1 pick a costume.. he didn't know what he wanted.
We also decorated more yesterday! I have a mix of fall and Halloween up. When we moved I got rid of a lot, so the other day I went to Christmas tree shop among other stores and stocked up. I left my scarier stuff in the basement, but I did find a lot of kid friendly decorations which are also cute!
DS1 pick out a dragon costume which I am sure he will hate next week. Luckily, I have until the 20th to return it for full refund or exchange.
As for the baby, I am torn. I am looking at either giraffe, fox, or spider. I also found other cute costumes, but they were either out of stock or too big.
We went to spirit Halloween yesterday, but they had crap. So I am looking online at party city, amazon and some wholesale companies.
We moved to a big development after living out in the country. So we are definitely excited to take DS1 trick or treating. There are quite a few kids we are finding in the development so it should be fun.
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Oct 8, 2017 11:11:04 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 8, 2017 11:11:04 GMT -6
We do minimal decorating but we do put a few things out. I wish we could do more but MH is not into decorating, I have to force him to do it for Christmas. I got M a super cute Halloween dress that I'm going to out her in. A friend knitted her an elephant hat and diaper cover so I'm going to put her in that for pics too. So she doesn't have an official costume but still some cute stuff. My husband is he same. It took me 4 years to get him to understand decorating. Even so, he usually just brings up the boxes for me. I could probably decorate the whole house and he wouldn't even notice.
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 8, 2017 11:19:31 GMT -6
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Oct 8, 2017 12:05:36 GMT -6
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Post by kristyw on Oct 8, 2017 12:05:36 GMT -6
Do you decorate? No
Anyone dressing up their little one(s)? DS is wearing a car from Cars. He doesn't care about the movie in the least, but he is obsessed with cars. E has a bee costume but I'm not sure if I'll actually put it on her.
If you have older kids will you be trick or treating? Probably just the houses on our street. We'll see how DS does. Depending on the weather, we'll see if we even take E. One of us could stay and hand out candy otherwise.
Anything else to add?!
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Oct 8, 2017 12:42:46 GMT -6
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Oct 8, 2017 12:42:46 GMT -6
We do minimal decorating but we do put a few things out. I wish we could do more but MH is not into decorating, I have to force him to do it for Christmas. I got M a super cute Halloween dress that I'm going to out her in. A friend knitted her an elephant hat and diaper cover so I'm going to put her in that for pics too. So she doesn't have an official costume but still some cute stuff. My husband is he same. It took me 4 years to get him to understand decorating. Even so, he usually just brings up the boxes for me. I could probably decorate the whole house and he wouldn't even notice. Omg you guys. Same here. I looove Halloween and my husband just doesn't get it. He's finally to the point of grumpily going along with it. He's even agreed to dress up as Ryder from paw patrol to go along with DS1 who is going to be Chase. I wanted baby H to be Marshall from paw patrol, but it's hard to find newborn costumes. We will probably take DS2 to a few neighbors houses to trick or treat and then stay home and hand out candy.
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Post by bsouls on Oct 8, 2017 13:03:23 GMT -6
I’ve never liked Halloween. Well, I like candy, but I don’t want to dress up to get it and I hate being out there in the cold (it’s always cold here). But, as an adult I like handing out candy and I like being a “good” house. This year I bought full size candy bars and fruit roll ups to give out.
T is going to be a bunny. MIL brought over a homemade rabbit costume that someone gave her last weekend. At first I was like, “bleh,” but T looks cute and wants to wear it. And, it’s free!! So, I’m good with it.
I won’t dress R up. We hand a bones outfit from T if she is wearing 6m by then (which, she might). Or, a friend gave me a halloweenish outfit yesterday in 3m. But, really R has been in bed by 7pm, so she should be asleep.
We haven’t decorated the house, but T loves Halloween so I think we will buy clearance stuff this year do she can decorate next year. I might try to get something at the dollar store this year.
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Post by jexxa on Oct 8, 2017 13:12:37 GMT -6
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Post by jexxa on Oct 8, 2017 13:21:08 GMT -6
Do you decorate? Not usually, but this is the first year we own our house so I’d like to.
Anyone dressing up their little one(s)? DS is suddenly scared of anything Halloween (ghosts, monsters, witches, etc) and when I ask him what he wants to dress up as he basically has no idea what I’m talking about. But then he saw an episode of Calliou today where Calliou dressed up as an astronaut so now he claims he wants to be a “space man”. No idea for P. If you have older kids will you be trick or treating? We’ll try with DS if he’s up for it but something tells me he’ll be too scared, so we’ll probably just stay home and give out candy.
Anything else to add?! I purposely wait until the last minute to buy Halloween candy because otherwise I’ll just eat it all 😆
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Post by jt2378 on Oct 8, 2017 14:05:16 GMT -6
This was my thought too. That fox one is so adorable
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Oct 8, 2017 14:54:31 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 8, 2017 14:54:31 GMT -6
cwbh928, those costumes are all sooo cute. I think I like the giraffe the most.
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Oct 8, 2017 17:05:17 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 8, 2017 17:05:17 GMT -6
This was my thought too. That fox one is so adorable The fox and the giraffe were my first 2 choices! Lol my husband liked the spider.
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Post by muscari on Oct 8, 2017 17:14:31 GMT -6
Omgosh that Giraffe is just the cutest!!! Sadly helloween isnt celebrated here, I would love an excuse to dress up D (and myself as well 😁).
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Post by muscari on Oct 8, 2017 17:16:43 GMT -6
Actually a friend from the States sent us a really cute orange pumpkin onesie with a matching hat and I will definitely put that on D heh, helloween celebrations or not 🎃🎃🎃
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Oct 8, 2017 17:55:43 GMT -6
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Post by king26 on Oct 8, 2017 17:55:43 GMT -6
I love Halloween and usually make a big deal of it at school with my students but sadly that won't happen this year. No decorating at home.
J received a chef costume and an Elvis costume ( we r the kings). Not sure if we will dress him or not but we have options.
We will stay here and hand out cansy. We get 300-400 kids each year and I love it
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Oct 8, 2017 21:48:29 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 8, 2017 21:48:29 GMT -6
I love Halloween and usually make a big deal of it at school with my students but sadly that won't happen this year. No decorating at home. J received a chef costume and an Elvis costume ( we r the kings). Not sure if we will dress him or not but we have options. We will stay here and hand out cansy. We get 300-400 kids each year and I love it 300-400??!! Omg! I thought we got a lot of trick or treaters but we get maybe 50-100 at most!
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Oct 8, 2017 22:54:56 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 8, 2017 22:54:56 GMT -6
@starzia, I'm jealous that you get to trick or treat. I want to so badly but we don't have any friends nearby with older kids to tag along with and I think I'd get some major side eyes if I rolled up on my neighbors' doorsteps with just my 2 month old in a stroller and asked for candy. 😂😂😂
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Oct 9, 2017 0:01:06 GMT -6
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Post by addymac on Oct 9, 2017 0:01:06 GMT -6
@starzia, I'm jealous that you get to trick or treat. I want to so badly but we don't have any friends nearby with older kids to tag along with and I think I'd get some major side eyes if I rolled up on my neighbors' doorsteps with just my 2 month old in a stroller and asked for candy. 😂😂😂 Salem here! ☹️ DH keeps talking about all the candy he's going to eat from ToTing with N and I'm like uhhhh you can't go ToTing with a 2mo old... the side eye.... But we did buy him a costume! It's a rhino!
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Post by bsouls on Oct 9, 2017 2:33:21 GMT -6
Honestly, I side eye anyone that has a baby TOT even if they have older kids with them. I buy candy to make kids happy, not adults. Go buy your own damn candy if you want some. I’ll have some stupid dum dums to throw in the buckets of babies under a year old.
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Oct 9, 2017 14:18:03 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 9, 2017 14:18:03 GMT -6
Do you decorate? Not usually, but this is the first year we own our house so I’d like to. Anyone dressing up their little one(s)? DS is suddenly scared of anything Halloween (ghosts, monsters, witches, etc) and when I ask him what he wants to dress up as he basically has no idea what I’m talking about. But then he saw an episode of Calliou today where Calliou dressed up as an astronaut so now he claims he wants to be a “space man”. No idea for P. If you have older kids will you be trick or treating? We’ll try with DS if he’s up for it but something tells me he’ll be too scared, so we’ll probably just stay home and give out candy. Anything else to add?! I purposely wait until the last minute to buy Halloween candy because otherwise I’ll just eat it all 😆 My DS had a brief phase months ago where he was afraid of monsters in his room and our house. We got him out of it, so I a little nervous that Halloween may make him regress. I am hoping he won't be too scared. I did a drive by around the development yesterday and so far decorations are modest.
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Oct 9, 2017 14:20:32 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 9, 2017 14:20:32 GMT -6
I love Halloween and usually make a big deal of it at school with my students but sadly that won't happen this year. No decorating at home. J received a chef costume and an Elvis costume ( we r the kings). Not sure if we will dress him or not but we have options. We will stay here and hand out cansy. We get 300-400 kids each year and I love it I am so jealous. At our last house we got 0 people. I am so hoping we get a bunch of kids here. I use to love handing out candy when I was home at my parents.
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Oct 9, 2017 14:21:17 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 9, 2017 14:21:17 GMT -6
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Oct 9, 2017 14:22:11 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 9, 2017 14:22:11 GMT -6
+1 to buying candy last minute. It does not last in our house.
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Oct 9, 2017 15:53:10 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 9, 2017 15:53:10 GMT -6
bsouls, I don't mind when they have older kids, I figure they're not getting it for themselves but for the older kids and being a big bro or big sis to a baby deserves some type of reward! Now if an adult was just out with a baby, definite side eye.
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Oct 9, 2017 15:53:49 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 9, 2017 15:53:49 GMT -6
addymac, dying at that rhino costume!! 😍
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Post by happyfeet9 on Oct 10, 2017 7:29:30 GMT -6
We won't be decorating since we live in a small apartment. DS1 will be Gecko from the PJ Masks and will trick or treat at daycare.
The twins will be Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt. It's perfect bc D is almost totally bald and E has a full head of black hair. I just need to find her a blue dress.
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Oct 10, 2017 7:33:59 GMT -6
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Post by cali on Oct 10, 2017 7:33:59 GMT -6
happyfeet9, I'm definitely going to need pics of those costumes. They sound adorable!
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Post by happyfeet9 on Oct 10, 2017 7:35:19 GMT -6
happyfeet9, I'm definitely going to need pics of those costumes. They sound adorable! Will do! I wish I could get DS1 on board with a snoopy costume but toddlers are so rebellious.
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Oct 10, 2017 9:18:13 GMT -6
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Post by cwbh928 on Oct 10, 2017 9:18:13 GMT -6
We won't be decorating since we live in a small apartment. DS1 will be Gecko from the PJ Masks and will trick or treat at daycare. The twins will be Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt. It's perfect bc D is almost totally bald and E has a full head of black hair. I just need to find her a blue dress. Hunter is torn between Gecko and a dragon. Aww what a cute idea for the twins!
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