What Part of "Gnome" Don't You Understand?

A week before Halloween, Henry saw some pictures of gnomes and decided he could envision himself with a white beard and a red cone hat. Jenn readily agreed, thinking that she could probably pull off making gnome costumes using nothing more than felt, scissors, and hot glue. Anything to avoid the sewing machine. So, we went for it: 2 days and $19 later, we had all of the supplies and wouldn't you "gnome" it, Ellis is terrified of fake beards! Every time he so much as saw a corner of the white fluff he would go into hysterics. This was bad news for the gnome costumes. So, instead, Ellis got a white "star" on his shirt, but he still was not going to go near me or Henry while we were wearing our beards. It was quite the spooky Halloween costume in the end...

At the last minute, Jenn decided that I needed to be a gnome as well, so she bought a knock-off Snuggie from the dollar store and fixed it up for me. The final task was finding a costume for He-who-must-not-be-named, and, considering his current round stature, we settled on a toadstool costume.

Of course, the boys had to go through the requisite sorting of the candy, which is nearly as much fun as eating it all!

They ended up with quite a haul, but we should have "gnome" that Ellis would love the lollipops the most! He gathered them all up and ran around the house yelling, "Lollies! Lollies!" for about 20 minutes. That's what Halloween's all about.