Halloween!

Since having kids holidays have really taken on a new meaning. It is so much more fun now to plan things and watch how much they love everything I used to love as a kid. This year is the first year that Jackson really had a say in what he wanted to be and was super excited about all the fun things we had planned.

Jack is just a tiny bit obsessed with Harry Potter. So of course that was his costume of choice for the year.  And I have to say...He was the cutest little Potter I have ever seen :).

My adorable lady bug and Mr. Harry Potter himself :)

 Everywhere we went from zoo boo to the church trunk or treat and then finally trick or treating on Halloween night people would stop to comment on him and some people were actually taking his picture. That was a little weird to me....but by the time I noticed they were taking his picture it was done. 

So I wanted to make the whole day special for the kids.  We made Halloween cookies in the afternoon, and for dinner before trick or treating I made a delicious meal of scary cheeseburgers.

Can you guess which ones Jack did?

super scary huh?

 Thank you Pinterest for helping me come up with fun creative things to do for and with my kids.  Jackson was so impressed by his burger he didnt want to eat it. He said he wanted to save it and I had to convince him how nasty that would be.  He did eventually eat it but he kept apoligizing to it like he was killing it or something. Silly boy.

By the time we were ready to go trick or treating he could barely contain his excitement.  My little Potter was convinced that the wand my mom got him from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida was really going to work some magic that night.  While walking up and down the streets he would point his wand at people and yell STUPIFY! and EXPECTO PATRONUM!! very loudly.  It was hilarious.  His Patronus is an elephant btw...at least that's what he tells me.  I love his imagination and I love that he had so much fun.

Harry and his wand

When we got home that night he said...Mommy this was the best Halloween! I love Halloween can we do it again tomorrow?  I had to explain that Halloween is over but dont worry...the best holiday yet is just around the corner...Christmas!  He fell asleep singing jingle bells. So stinking cute!

I cant wait for next year when Layla can start to enjoy these things as much as Jack does now.  We kind of just stuffed her into her costume and drug her around everywhere.  She did love the suckers and she loved carrying around her purple pumpkin.

All ready to go :)

 Jas and I had an exhausting and wonderful time. We got home, tucked the kids in bed, and watched some scary movies while we took our pick from the loot of candy the kids brought home. Dont worry...we did leave just a bit for them to enjoy too.

yum!!

I hope everyone had as fun of a Halloween as we did. Happy Halloween!!