firsts - halloween 2011

I have been a mama for three almost four years now. And this will be my third halloween to celebrate with my kiddos. You can see Cora and Levi in their cute cow costumes here. But this halloween was full of firsts for us.

It was the first halloween that I got to plan and make (part of) the boys' costumes. Levi was a K-State football player and Griffin was a football.

It was the first halloween that Levi knew what he was dressed up as. He is very into football right now. Once we got through the trauma of getting those shoulder pads in, he thought he looked pretty awesome...and he wanted to tackle everyone he saw...including his little brother.

It was the first halloween that Levi was excited to go trick-or-treating and fill up his little bucket. Oh, and he wanted to show you his "biiiiiiiiig muscles".

 It was the first halloween that I had two little ones at home to dress up. And man did they look cute.

We tried really hard to get a picture of them together, but Levi wasn't too interested. Sitting still wasn't on his agenda...only tackling was. :)

It was the first halloween to go trunk-or-treating. What a great idea and so much fun! The kids got their candy and the adults got to hang out too.

 It was the first halloween with cousins.

One certain little cousin led Levi around to all the cars and made sure he got his bucket filled with candy. Levi's other cousin is the little giraffe in the background. He wasn't too excited about the whole costume thing.

 It was the first halloween that Levi got to eat candy...

and man did he love it. In fact, he plopped himself down right in the middle of the parking lot and ate and ate and ate. And he hasn't stopped asking for candy ever since.

It was the very first halloween for Griffin. But you wouldn't know because he isn't in any of the pictures. He slept through trunk-or-treat and didn't even get to show off his cute costume.

It was the first halloween full of costumes, friends, candy, and two sweet brothers. I can't wait until next year.

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How about a little tutorial?

I found a picture of a football onsie on Pinterest and used it as my inspiration.

Football Onesie:

Materials:

brown onesie {mine is from Hobby Lobby}

white fabric scraps

iron on adhesive {I used Heat n Bond}

embroidery floss

1. Iron fabric onto Heat n Bond (follow adhesive directions).

2. Cut strips and arrange on onesie.

3. Iron strips onto onesie (follow adhesive directions).

4. Sew strips onto onesie using embroidery thread or sewing machine (I used a backstitch).

So simple! I realized after I had already ironed on the strips that I should have stitched the middle strip first before adding the little strips. But it still worked. Using a sewing machine would be much faster but I liked the look of the embroidery thread. Also, I think the football onesie on Pinterest was made using felt...which would be really cute and wouldn't fray. All I had was some leftover white duck cloth...so that is what I used.

 5. Put football onesie on a cute, chunky baby. :)

I know Halloween is over...and you are probably already thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, bookmark/pin this idea for next year. Or, make it for your little one to wear to his/her next football party!