Bat Boys

 Halloween was a blast this year.  I didn't get the boys' costumes figured out until the last minute, the craft we made a couple of days before gave me the inspiration: bats!  These actually glowed in the dark after the paint dried.

 

The day before Halloween we went to a "trunk or treat" at church, where everyone lines up their cars in the parking lot, and the kids walk from car to car to get treats.  I ran to Kohls that morning for black sweatshirts, and JoAnn's for the faux leather to make batwings... I literally had a half an hour when we got home to make the wings before we had to leave for the trunk or treat!  I was hoping to come up with arm bands or something to fasten them on, but had to resort to good old fashioned safety pins... the boys were thrilled!

 One little bat missed his afternoon nap, and couldn't keep his eyes open on the ride home.

On Halloween night we went out for a little trick or treating in our neighborhood.  The weather was perfect - just the right amount of chill.  It was nice to meet a few of our neighbors, and see some of the other kids (and adults) in costumes.  One funny lady answered her door wearing a white puffy suit, puffy hat, and green face. She said she was an "Oompaloompa."  Eli has no idea what that is, but he was mesmerized... literally frozen in place staring at her!  He couldn't smile, or say trick or treat... he just looked at me and said, "She's an Oompaloompa!"  Otherwise he was speechless... we all had a good laugh about that. 

 The neighbors across the street had quite the scary display, and we got a picture with them.  The kids kept commenting that their house was "so scary" and yet their feet were so planted to the ground we had to tear them away to move to the next one.