{"id":158,"date":"2011-10-31T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2011\/10\/happy-halloween\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T22:21:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T03:21:43","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2011\/10\/happy-halloween.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my all-time favorite movies. It is, in my opinion, just everything a movie for children should be. Imaginative, scary, whimsical, terrifying, heartbreaking, and heart-warming, all at once. This year my sisters-in-law and I got together with our kids and let them eat pizza and M&M;\u2019s and watch the movie. Sienna has seen it before but none of the others had, and I loved watching their little faces widen at the sight of the freaky creatures in Halloween Town, the giddiness of Jack on his first trip to Christmas Town, and the ensuing mayhem and mischief.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t seen it, I recommend it heartily. And even if you have, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll enjoy re-watching this little clip from it.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s this, one of the most awesome things I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

My sister-in-law is mid-sugar-cookie-making with the minions, so I\u2019m off to join her. I hope you all have a spooky and spectacular Halloween filled with tons of candy and adorable costumed children! Oh, and as soon as I have one, I\u2019ll update this with a picture of my costumed ones. Which I\u2019m sure you\u2019re dying<\/i> to see. (Probably just you, actually, Mom.)<\/p>\n

At last, here they are. First, my wee minions, in a recycled, Wal-Mart clearance, and thrift store costume, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pretty good, eh?\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And then all the minions. These would by my kids (obviously) and their cousins. How adorable, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Be advised that Jessie\u2019s outfit was entirely homemade, as were Harry Potter and Hedwig\u2019s outfits. What can I say? My sisters-in-law are craft-tacular. I am not. At least I shopped thriftily. \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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