Halloween: Gabriel the Greaser

I scoured Pinterest for costume ideas for Gabriel's 1st Halloween and ran some by Perry, but nothing struck us. Then Perry suggested a Greaser. I envisioned the 1950's style- think white t-shirt, leather jacket, cuffed jeans- on our baby... Perfect!! It would be relatively easy to put together, too. My Mom always made (sewed) amazing Halloween costumes for me & my brother, but I gave myself a break on the first one for our first kid. It was more for us to enjoy his cuteness than for him, anyway.

*White onesie- already owned
*Wrangler jeans- already owned (but never worn)
*Leather jacket- harder to find in size 12 months than I expected; ordered on eBay for ~$35 (expensive in my opinion but he's worth it!)
*Converse sneakers- ordered on eBay for ~$20
*Hair- slicked back with gel & a comb
*Hot rod- already owned

Seriously? SO CUTE.

Oh-I dressed up too. It was a Mommy & me date! The poodle skirt I wore was made by my Mom for one of my Halloween costumes (maybe around age 12?)!! It didn't still fit, of course; I cut the elastic waist and a slit down the side to fit it over my mommy-hips, secured it with safety pins, and wore a long sweater to hide my lovely "alterations"!

After taking pictures at our house, we headed to a local park for Trick-or-Treat The Trails. Local businesses, organizations and churches set up tables along a walking path to hand out candy (and brochures).

Love this picture of us.

Grandma // Boo & Nonny // everyone on the trail!

These guys have my ♥

And just for fun... there were two things that Gabriel was not sure he wanted to pose with...

Pumpkin Picking & Carving

Bottom right: "What are those things behind me?"

Time to carve the big pumpkin!

Bottom left: My attempt at a picture of all 3 of us. Hah!

An owl, like Gabriel's nursery!

Silly boys!

Halloween

I get excited about holidays and Halloween is no exception. Carving a pumpkin is a must. Perry surprised me one day in October by driving out to Cracker Barrel for lunch then taking the scenic (and very loooong) way home in order to surprise me again by stopping at Ken's Produce & Garden Center so we could pick out a pumpkin together!! He also took me to Broadwell's Nursery... the best! We buy all of our plants from them at a fraction of what home improvement stores charge! We picked out shrubs to landscape the area next to our new deck*! *Details coming soon!

Autumn & Krissie being curious. Bella LOVED eating the "guts"- if I can figure out how, I will post a video of her chomping away at some pieces of pumpkin!

Introducing "Sackboy" from Little Big Planet (on PS3)... isn't he cute?

We decided he should be painted in order to be more easily identified!

All ready for trick-or-treaters!

Perry & I gave out candy until a little after dark. Then we turned off our front porch light & made dinner! We had grilled steaks, oven roasted potatoes, and broccoli outside on the deck! Yumm. After dinner, we sat around the fire pit with beer & Mike's Hard Lemonade :)