Boys Dress Up Too!

Ryder is following in his sister's footsteps… the boy loves to play make believe and dress up.  He and Savannah will spend countless hours dressing up and going on adventures together.  Pretty much every single day Ryder has some sort of super hero costume on and is running around fighting someone or saving his sissy from something.  The dressing up stage is absolutely one of my favorites.

Ursula The Sea Witch & Wayne Campbell

"Whatcha looking at?"

Who do you think won this starring contest... party animal Wayne Campbell or Ursula the sea witch??

Halloween success!  Costumes turned out fantastic, kids had fun, Parents had fun, plus we walked away with a pretty good stash of candy.  Ryder walked and mingled and enjoyed his first "real" trick or treating experience.  Savannah was in heaven with her cousin JJ right by her side.  The two of them ran from house to house getting as much candy as they could.  By the end of the night both kids were done.  They had zero trouble falling asleep last night.

Savannah has known what she has wanted to be for Halloween for over a year now.  She LOVES being the villain, and actually wanted to be Ursula last year... but mommy suggested that Cruella was a better option (that way baby Ryder could be a dalmatian).  I promised her that the next year I would make sure that Ursula happened.  It took some effort on the parts of Savannah's mimi and myself... but it actually came together nicely.  I was pretty impressed with the end result... I'm not going to lie, there were a few days last week when I was wondering how exactly I was going to pull this off.  The make-up really scared me.  I am the world's worst at that sort of thing... I had Eric behind me coaching me the entire time.  After a few mistakes and several touch ups, we finally had a made up Ursula.  Absolutely LOVE my little dramatic villain loving Disney girl.  I'll take this over another pretty princess any day.

Oh Ryder... his costume was much much easier than sister's.  It was decided that he and his cousin Tex (who is 6 months older) would go as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World.  AWESOME!  Those little boys were so funny.  Believe it or not, the wig and hat did not bother Ryder in the least.  He kept it on the entire time we were out trick or treating.  

Wayne had a mini meltdown during these pictures.  Halloween with a one year old can be so unpredictable.  Are these two not the raddest pair you've ever seen??

Well, and you can't have a sea witch without an Ariel... duh!

Savannah trying to make her cousin sing so she could "steal" her voice.

Part of our trick or treating crew.  Savannah and JJ were inseparable the entire night.

Old School trick or treating... actual door bell ringing... no curb side candy pick up, or trunk or treating for us.

Games set up along our trick or treating route.  Both kids were so excited about this.  It was pretty hard to pull Ryder away.  He just wanted to throw the ball over and over again.

Dinner on the go.  No time to waste... gotta get to the candy!!

Didad with a few of his great grandbabies.

Just for fun, can you pick a favorite??  I can't... tough one.  

Cruella Deville & Her Dalmatians

My little villain did it again. Savannah managed to top last year's Maleficent with an awesome Cruella Deville outfit. I love that my sweet little girly thing loves to play the bad character. Naturally, we had to have a dalmatian or two. Ryder and our friends baby girl, Bella, dressed up as Cruella's dalmatians. The whole ensemble was fantastic! The babies were cute as could be and Savannah looked awesome! By the end of the night Savannah was convinced that every single person in the world loved her costume because strangers kept asking if their kids could take pictures with her and people kept telling her how much they loved her costume. She was so excited... she has told me that Halloween is her favorite. I can't wait to see what she comes up with for next year.

Evil Cruella and Ryder the dalmatian

Cruella with both her pups

Savannah and Ryder with their cousins

Savannah with her aunt Amanda and cousin Cheridan

He lasted for two houses and then passed out

Eric's uncle had a huge screen up in their front yard playing Beetlejuice for all the trick or treaters to stop and watch. All the cousins sat front row in the movie seats.

End of the night... trying to get all the great grandkids to sit still for a picture with Didad... craziness.