Getting in the Halloween Spirit

So we're one month out from Halloween now and we're already getting in the spirit. Laura had brought a bunch of random Halloween "crap" that my mom wanted to get rid of, so we started 2 "ghosting" buckets with it. Earlier today Laura and I went to Target to get a few more things to add and some candy. When Blythe got home from day care we put the buckets together. Blythe added LOTS of candy. So anyway, we put them aside until it got dark.

In the meantime we tried to get Blythe into the ghosting spirit by playing with a spider. One of the pieces of "crap" that my mom gave us was a spider that you put in water and it grows to be quite yucky and scary looking. Here's Blythe having fun with the spider:

Okay, so that was way more fun for me than it was for her.

To get her in a better mood, Daddy dressed up as a caterpiller (or really just got into the expandable tunnel).

And here's a picture of Ethan during the whole thing. He loves it when Blythe cries!

Finally when it got dark Laura, Blythe, and I "ghosted" 2 houses in the neighborhood (guess if they read this we've blown our cover). It was a little hard to keep Blythe quiet (pretty sure both houses already know it was us), but it was fun and a good way to end the day.