Whew. Halloween wiped me out. I don’t know about all you new mommies out there but this year, I discovered that I am such a holiday celebrator. I totally bought into the hype. It was awesomely fun and amazingly exhausting. As evidence of my ridiculous excitement for the spooky holiday, I bought Will the zombie pajamas, the mummy glow in the dark onesie, a pumpkin patch outfit complete with pumpkin headband (and yes, boys wear headbands), a onesie with a bat that announces that ‘teething-bites’, a skull & crossbones sweater, his pumpkin cap, not to mention his costumes.
I went a little overboard. I can’t wait to do it again for Thanksgiving. and Christmas. and New Years.
And because I am still a little jittery from all that candy, I thought, well, I better share these photo memories now before they completely escape me.
We celebrated Will’s first Halloween by Trick-or-Treating with his cousin Cole.
Cole…I mean, Harry Potter…is six. He wanted to be the little wizard because it meant that he could wear glasses. Cole is obsessed with glassees. I love how he is sportin the Harry scar. You can barely see it with his bangs down.
My sister created his glasses outta hangers. And she made his cape. She is clever like that. She can sew anything. Color me jealous.
I got this photo with Norn. This may be the first time we have had a photo of us and our boys together. Six months. That’s how long it took. Hopefully it won’t be that long till the next one. Of course she looks beautiful…even without makeup.
Cole loves Will. unabashedly. fervently. it shows me how I should love. radically. I have a lot to learn from these two. (oh and check out those two little teeth…Will is oh-so-proud of them…I am still on the fence. I am glad he’s growing but part of me misses that toothless grin. and the non-biting.)
Here’s Will first little Halloween treat. I was kinda surprised that he could reach in and grab a piece. I thought he would have a hard time. He’s not great with fine motor skills…yet. Maybe I should have practiced with him and a big bowl of candy. On the other hand, that would have been dangerous for my thighs.
We walked around the neighborhood…it is a one mile loop. I carried Will the entire time. The houses are kinda far off the road…and we told Cole that it was rude to walk in other people’s grass. I regretted that about half way through. My biceps were burnin big time. Everytime Will picked out a piece of candy, I would let him crinkle it for a while and then I would stick it in my back pocket before we got to the next house. By the time we got home I looked like JLo.
And since the Tinkler couldn’t eat any sweets, I decided to give him a different kind of Halloween treat. The theme was spiders.
I made the stuffed spider doll from an old shirt I got a few years back at Walmart. I love the polka dots. I got the idea for sewing a spider doll after reading that 6 month olds like stuffed animals. And I started to notice that he needed more toys that had ‘arms’ that he could actually grab with one hand. Then I found this dog costume that gave me inspiration.
The eyes were buttons that I got at a discount fabric shop that was going outta business. They were one cent a piece.
The book is The Very Busy Spider. It is written by the author that does those Black bear, black bear, what do you see? books. It’s really cute and the little spider web is textured…perfect for a little man who likes to scratch his fingernails on things.
And of course, at the end there is an owl. Will just can’t get away from hooters.
So that is our Halloween. I can’t wait till next year. Gotta go catch up on some sleep. And Will got his flu shot today so he is a little out-of-sorts…so I better go cover him with kisses. Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween….let’s collectively get a big breath…and ready ourselves for one heckova Thanksgiving 🙂
Love reading your blog – come by here everyday!
We were both pregnant with boys at a similar time so I really enjoyed reading all your babyposts.
Love, love, love the Spider – wanna share a “how to do” ?
Regards from Iceland
(were there is no Baby Gap – can you imagin? 😉
Wow I am so impressed with the spider!!!
All I did Dossa was cut out L shapes for the legs (remember one is an L and one is a backwards L) and then two egg shapes and two circles. Then I just turned the right sides in and sewed them all leaving a little gap for the stuffing. After I stuffed them I just handsewed them shut and then together. I really didn’t do anything ‘perfect’…so it would be hard to do a tutorial. Maybe I can post pictures of the underside, if you would like.
xo – kb
The spider is so cute! Watch those buttons with the little guy. 😉
The spider is adorable! I love your sweater too. Where is it from?
I love Cole’s glasses! And I’m also super impressed with the spider!
Hi Rebecca,
It is actually a maternity sweater from Gap. I have no shame.
xo – kb
Oh YES…welcome to motherhood — and buying every. single. CUTE thing for the holidays you can get your hands on. Did you see the Newleyweds episode years ago with Jessica Simpson, where she was shopping and they say “cute!” like 50 billion times?? Well, that’s me…as a mom…shopping for my boy…at any holiday. MUST HAVE IT. 🙂 Your patootie is precious!!
KB – You’re right, Norn is beautiful and SO ARE YOU! I love how you are kind of matchy with your jeans and gray sweaters 🙂
The spider looks AMAZING!
How did I miss that one Sarah?!?! Glad to hear that I am not the only one who watched Newleyweds…and buys every holiday item available. Oh…and Sarah…speaking of holidays…I am sooo excited to see what you four ladies come up with for the christmas extravaganza. Can’t wait!
xo – kb
That spider is awesome! Cole’s HP glasses were just too cool. Sounds like you had a great Halloween!
Katie,
I love the quote you have about Anne of Green Gables!!! I loooved that series when I was young and even wanted to go visit Prince Edward Island:)
you never cease to amaze me. that spider is adorable… of course it’s made from an old walmart shirt. and those button eyes for 1 cent each?! i want to be you.
Love the post, love the spider, and love the costumes. The Harry Potter is great. My little Jackson was apparently born on Harry Potter’s birthday this year and I guess he has a little harry potter birthmark on his forehead. Having never read any of the books this means nothing to me, but I’m pretty sure it dooms me to a life of Harry Potter from here on out. 🙂
And I am so with you about being a new mom with the holidays. I’m very nervous about Christmas. HA!
I love Cole’s costume…perfect!!
That spider is also wicked and what a great use of old clothes…maybe I should re-examine those 6 bags of clothes sitting in my guest bedroom waiting to be donated!
Yes please 🙂 Thanks so much!
HI! I love your gray sweater. where’s it from??? 🙂
Love the Anne Shirley reference! I thought my sisters and I were the only ones who still laugh about that show 🙂
I’m obsessed with buying every cute thing for my nephew – I don’t even want to imagine how ridiculous I’ll be whenever I have kiddos. Have you been to baby Gap lately? I hit up an outlet this weekend and grabbed a little hooded t-shirt for my nephew that says “Lock up your daughters” because at 22 months he’s already the most charming little flirt ever!
So I’m going to go through my fabric stash to find some great fabric to make my little girl ( 7 1/2 months) one of those super sweet spiders…. mine will have to be a bit girlier… pink spiders are cool too, right? 🙂 and btw I love your BG diapers 🙂 that’s all my little one wears and I love them!! Happy Halloween!!
Katie! Wow, it’s been years! Heidi put the link to your blog on facebook and I couldn’t resist… your little boy is just adorable! I’ve been browsing your site, reading your love story, and all about your pregnancy… I love it! Congrats on… well everything… marriage, children, everything else that has happened since our Bryan College days 🙂
blessings to you & yours,
Sarah (Drake) Bass
Hi Megan,
It’s a maternity sweater from Gap. And yes I am hanging my head in embarrassment.
xo – kb
Loved this post! Cole and Will are SO darn cute! I don’t know how you can stand it! 🙂 You and your sister have amazing genes!
Oh my I love that picture of Will and Cole where you see Will’s two “teefers”. What dolls! Pure joy on their faces! What a clever momma you are to make a halloween treat for Will! Love the spider and Eric Carle is one of my faves! I’m not a momma yet…but I already know that holidays will be DANGEROUS for the budget! Happy fall to your cute little fam!
Me too! Me too! A friend actually went there and came and shared her photo album with me. I was jealous in a good way. She brought me back a bottle of raspberry cordial – the real kind. Drat.
OK, I know I am preaching to the choir here, but that Cole is straight-out-of-a-picture-book beautiful. Dang. Tell that well-named sister of yours that she really knows how to hatch ’em.
(I mean this as no slight at all on Will, adorable baby that he is. Y’all won the freaking gene lottery.)
No offense taken. I think Cole looks like a model…always have.
xo – kb
I totally have maternity cardigans I still wear! I am done having kids and yet there is one sweatshirt I refuse to give up.
Love the pictures!! ADORABLE! Your spider is also precious. 🙂
Crystal
So off subject.. well Kinda. you DID mention Wills flu shot, so I gotta ask…. Did you get teh flu shot while pregnant? I just cannot decide….
Since I’m clearly reading this because you’re bring back the Halloween Spooktacular, I wanted you to know that I love the line “Will just can’t stay away from Hooters.”
Made me laugh out loud. 🙂 Happy Halloween!
I did get the flu shot while pregnant. I believe I was pregnant in July and then got the flu shot in October so I was over three months pregnant if that makes any difference. If it helps at all, I had a hard time deciding at the time too…mostly because I had never had a flu shot before…so both Jer and I prayed and wrote down what we felt the correct choice for us was…turns out, we both had a lot of peace about getting it so we did. I can’t say this would work for everyone but it did for us!
xo – kb