Halloween, NUF said

Halloween pumpkin carving is taken so seriously in our family that it actually begins the day before Halloween.

Alex worked so hard to scrape out our pumpkins. Kind enough to clean mine out as well.

Like I said, pumpkin carving is taken seriously. The tools are representitve of how intense it is.

Halloween morning was our girls breakfast, so of course we dressed up. Elaina and I both made our witch hats. It was so much fun. Rachel was sick... we'll see you next time.

TRADITION! Anyone who knows the Hoffmann hosuehold, knows that donuts are always made for Halloween for as long as we can remember. We wouldn't have it any other way.

This is not actually my dad's costume. He reffed football games all day and we asked him to keep it on for a little longer and pretend he'd dressed up. Later on his t-shirt read "I am the Treat" ha ha that was even better.

Again, traditional Halloween dinner. Chili and cornbread. Just warm enough to keep us going during trick-or-treating.

Ben's girlfriend dressed her little boy up like a vampire. His binki just happened to go along with his costume ;)

PorSha was a seniorita and Lexus was Tinkerbell. Her skirt lit up and everything!

I was a witch brewing, but left my couldron on the table, my mom was a .... t-shirt and my sister was a witch of sorts.

BOO!

The pumpkin carving skills were definitely enhanced with dad Jim's dremel. We had so much fun. Jacob's always been a fan of Pluto and he did a really good job with this one.

I OF COURSE I would choose a peanut m&m..... they melt in your mouth not in your hand. I actually really liked carving this one.

Jacob again, pulled off a fantastic Mater from "Cars." It looked better in person as did many of them. It's hard to take a picture of such a delight in the dark.

This one was even darker, but Elaina put so much effort into her Boo from "Monster's Inc." It turned out fantastic.... guess you had to be there.

And again, the dremel proved useful for Jacob when creating..... well you can see. Spaghetti anyone? Jacob also did a Tinkerbell, he's so ambitious and talented.

Alex was posing for GQ.... do they do "skater version?" He wanted to dress as "himself" at work FINALLY hahahah

My BFFAE was Champ carebear, her neice made the costume (she's ten) I made mine, including the apron, but I'm a bit older than ten.

Yes we have a self portrait with donuts. It's what we do.

My family are movie buffs. So what other way to end the day than with a Halloween movie. This year it was....

Alex and I and our pumpkins. His 31 stood for Halloween, 31st. But his didn't show so well on the camer so we had to get an aftershot.

We had a good time this Halloween. Even better, sister Rayne came into town and brought her usual positive attitude and smiling face. We love being able to spend time with her and miss her, Tom, Aderienne and J & Bee so much! I just wish I hadn't forgotten my camera.