Barron of Blog » halloween http://mike.shannonandmike.net Wife, Kids, and the Pursuit of Happiness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Halloween Costumes http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/11/02/halloween-costumes-2/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/11/02/halloween-costumes-2/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:24:47 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=6569 Rapunzel and a monkey has a great Halloween this year:
Cooper the monkey Rapunzel

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(via flickr)

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/31/happy-halloween-5/feed/ 0 Annual Halloween Picture http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/03/annual-halloween-picture-2/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/03/annual-halloween-picture-2/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:00:24 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=5390 Our neighborhood takes an annual picture from the back of a truck each year. Here is this years pic:

(previous years: 2009, 2008, 2007)

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/03/annual-halloween-picture-2/feed/ 0 Brent, Calvin, Me, Cooper http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/02/brent-calvin-me-cooper/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/02/brent-calvin-me-cooper/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:28:56 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=5384 Our good friends Brent and Heather came over to spent a relaxed Halloween evening together. Calvin and Cooper each wore the same shirt and pumpkin hats:

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/02/brent-calvin-me-cooper/feed/ 0 Squid Costume http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/31/squid-costume/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/31/squid-costume/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:18:27 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=5369 So I had to come up with a costume last-minute for a poker game on Friday (you have to buy in for double if you don't come in costume). Thanks to instructables.com for the 30-minute squid costume idea:

Libby helped me with the first few steps before she headed up to bed, and that was fun to do a small craft with her. I felt pretty good about the squid too until I saw a couple of my friend's costumes... holy cow!

A very good friend from college and his soon-to-be wife as Red Mist and Hit Girl (from the movie "Kick Ass"):

A former neighbor and all-around nice guy in a gigantic Avatar costume:

Vincent, a former colleague, as Electro (the latest in a long series of comic book/geek costumes):

Man, I gotta up my game for next Halloween!

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/31/squid-costume/feed/ 0 Princess and Pirate Pumpkins http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/30/princess-and-pirate-pumpkins/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/30/princess-and-pirate-pumpkins/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:01:50 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=5358 We carved our pumpkins a couple days ago:
Using a pushpin to mark out our designs on the pumpkins Digging out the pumpkin guts Libby posing with her princess pumpkin Pirate/Jolly Roger pumpkin Princess Pumpkin with bling bling

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/30/princess-and-pirate-pumpkins/feed/ 1 Ominous House http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/05/ominous-house/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/05/ominous-house/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00:51 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3907 Libby went trick-or-treating with two good neighbor friends on Halloween. There was one house that stopped them all dead in their tracks. Even though it was still light outside Libby and her friends needed some coaxing to work up the nerve to get candy from this inflatable fortress:
Standing outside the gates of an inflatable halloween house

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/05/ominous-house/feed/ 0 Posing with the Pumpkins http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/04/posing-with-the-pumpkins/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/04/posing-with-the-pumpkins/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:12 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3904 A family snapshot taken on Halloween morning (while visiting Pumpkin Fest with my parents):
Shannon, Libby, Me

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/04/posing-with-the-pumpkins/feed/ 0 Dancing in the Pumpkins http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/03/dancing-in-the-pumpkins/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/03/dancing-in-the-pumpkins/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:25:36 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3901 We visited a local Pumpkin Fest with my parents on Halloween morning - here's Libby doing a little dance with the pumpkins:
Libby doing a jig at the pumpkin fest place

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Annual Halloween pictures of the neighborhood kids
(here are the pictures from 2008 and 2007, if you're curious).

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/11/02/annual-halloween-picture/feed/ 1 Happy Halloween http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-4/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-4/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:00:43 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3871 Halloween 2009 card

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-4/feed/ 2 Pumpkin Carving http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/29/pumpkin-carving/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/29/pumpkin-carving/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:44 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3865 We carved two pumpkins this year - one happy, one sad (per Libby's insistance that we had to have a "sad" pumpkin):
Posing with the pumpkins

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/29/pumpkin-carving/feed/ 0 You Need a Cupcake http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/23/you-need-a-cupcake/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/23/you-need-a-cupcake/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:36:17 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=3804 Yes, you!
Mmmm... cupcake!
Taken at a recent Halloween party (which was a blast!)

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2009/10/23/you-need-a-cupcake/feed/ 0 Loki the Halloween Costume http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2008/11/15/loki-the-halloween-costume/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2008/11/15/loki-the-halloween-costume/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:34:53 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=2305 Vincent, who usually has a kick-ass Halloween costume, did not disappoint this year (click for bigger images):

Vincent's costume is a marvel comic book character based on Loki the God of Mischief, and the resemblance to the comic version is quite good. Even more impressive when you find out that he personally stitched, sewed, and constructed the whole outfit himself.

]]> http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2008/11/15/loki-the-halloween-costume/feed/ 1 Halloween Costumes http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2008/11/12/halloween-costumes/ http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2008/11/12/halloween-costumes/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:01:54 +0000 Mike B. http://mike.shannonandmike.net/?p=2257 Here we are in this year's Halloween costumes:

Don't know what we are? Here are a few hints:

  • We're food.
  • We live in Indiana.
  • ... oh come on, still don't know?

She's corn-on-the-cob and I'm butter! :)

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