The Force was with us! {Halloween 2012 Recap}

Another Hal­loween, another year of family-themed cos­tumes! We chose a Star Wars theme this year (which ended up so top­i­cal this year with the big Star Wars-Disney buy out that hap­pened the day before). I gave a cos­tume sneak peek before, but promised the full recap and pics of Mr. Mom Endeav­ors & I in full garb! So, with­out fur­ther ado, here’s what our Star Wars Hal­loween looked like:

Han, Leia, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon all rep­re­sented! We started off the night with some pho­to­shoots. It’s SO hard get­ting good shots at night, but we at least man­aged a few that are decent. Here’s a bet­ter shot of Mr. Mom Endeav­ors and I:

Not too shabby, huh?! We tried find­ing a bet­ter blaster for Han, but couldn’t find any­thing decent that wasn’t rather expen­sive. So, we just used one of the boy’s that we already had. And, for me, I had thought about try to do the Leia buns with my own hair. But, it just isn’t long enough. The wig that came with the cos­tume actu­ally worked sur­pris­ingly well. Though, I did like it bet­ter with the hood up than down.

The kids’ cos­tumes were great! The loved dress­ing up as their favorite Jedi! Being a Jedi means wield­ing a light saber, so there was plenty of that all night long. You can see that the big boys had NO prob­lem get­ting into char­ac­ter! And, of course, we can’t for­get the adorable Yoda! The lit­tle clawed feet I had from another out­fit, plus his glow-stick “light saber” were per­fect addi­tions to an already cute cos­tume! Seri­ously, that face! LOVE! It was ultra cute when he fell asleep while we were out. When 3 months old you are, fall asleep trick or treat­ing you will!We had a great time trick or treat­ing in our neigh­bor­hood. As it seems is the case every year, peo­ple are really impressed with the family-themed cos­tumes. But, it was ultra shock­ing to us this year at how many peo­ple had no idea who we were. I know Star Wars isn’t everyone’s thing, but I fig­ured at least the light sabers, Leia hair, & Yoda would give it away. The com­ments some of the “un-pop-cultured” peo­ple made were hilar­i­ous! But, whether rec­og­niz­able to every­one else or not, we had a great time & I wouldn’t be sur­prised if this Hal­loween theme makes an appear­ance another year!

In case you’re inter­ested in a Star Wars theme, there are tons of ways that you could do DIY cos­tumes, but ours were from Party City. You get more info in the cos­tumes post here.

Hope you had a happy Halloween!

What did you/your kids dress up as?