Halloween

Halloween this year was a pretty low key affair for our family.  As in, the only celebrating we did was the ward Halloween party... and we hardly dressed up for it.  Halloween is one of those really hard holidays for me to get into.  I hate spending money...especially for something that will only be worn once or twice.  As for the candy?  Easter candy is my downfall (hello all you delicious egg shaped candies!).  Halloween candy holds no allure for me.

Nevertheless, since this was Isaac's first Halloween, we put at least a little effort into his costume.  We looked around at stores, but there's one minor problem with most baby/toddler costumes when you live in Texas... they're too warm!  We don't need to worry about keeping baby toasty down here, we're more worried about them overheating (granted the night of our ward party was the one night that week that the temperatures dropped down into the high 50s/low 60s).  So pre-made costumes were out.

Luckily, we saw a really cute idea in a magazine for a little marathon runner.  Since Isaac had just started running, we thought this was a pretty perfect outfit for him!  Luckily, a quick trip to Target later and we had his outfit all ready!  Andy and I complemented him and went as soccer players

When we showed up for the ward Halloween party, we felt a little silly because NONE of the parents we saw heading into the church had costumes on!  Luckily, one we got inside we saw some people with costumes on, but it's nice to know that of we can't think of something awesome to do as a family there's no pressure for Andy or me to dress up.

One of the best parts of the night was watching Isaac with the balloons at the party.  He (and all the other little kids) LOVED them!  He would run all over after them.  It was adorable!

All in all it was a pretty fun evening.  Hopefully next year we'll get a little more into it, but I'm glad I didn't let myself get stressed out about it!