Throwback Thursday - Halloween Special...

Throwback Thursday 

Halloween

Every week as you know we will be doing a throwback Thursday post. This week being Halloween week,  we thought why not keep with the Halloween theme and share with you all our Halloween Throwbacks...

A major Halloween tradition is pumpkin carving! Now many people do this and many still have yet too try. Beth as you have seen from recent posts has been Pumpkin carving with Ava, but has tried the tradition long before she had children...

Beth pumpkin carving when she was young...

Happy doggy Halloween!! Even our furry friends like to join in on Halloween. Beth's dog had great fun in the past when it came to this time of year...

Beth's dog enjoying Halloween in his younger days...

We all like to dress up on Halloween no matter how old we are! We have been dressing up for years and still are, Its a fun night and kids love it so why cant we? Here's a couple of look backs on us joining in with the fun a few years back... No one said Halloween is just for kids...

Katie joining in the dressing up fun tradition

Beth as a zombie cheerleader joining in the fun

Even Ava has her share of a couple of throwbacks, She has only experienced 2 Halloweens but Beth has always made sure she wouldn't miss out and dressed her up for Halloween! She has even took Ava Trick or Treating on every Halloween since shes been born! Here are Ava's Throwbacks...

Ava's First Halloween dressed up in a witches dress.. And on the right with her mummy Beth dressed up mouse ears!

Ava's 2nd Halloween! She was a pumpkin:) 

There you go :) Our Halloween throwbacks, Hope you enjoyed reading this weeks throwback Thursday taking a look back at our previous Halloween nights.. We will now be getting ready to do it all again tomorrow night and safe to say we are all very excited. If this throwback has taught us anything its that Halloween is a fun time of year yes, but its even more exciting when children are involved and there is so much more to do regarding this time of year & tomorrow we shall be joining Ava in her Halloween excitement. Please all remember to take care tomorrow evening when taking your little ones Trick or Treating... and don't get too scared when  opening your door too all the scary characters that come knocking! 

Lots of Love 

Katie & Beth...xxx

Toddler Tuesday - Halloween Special

Toddler Tuesday

Seeing as this week is Halloween week I thought I would do this weeks toddler Tuesday with a Halloween theme. 

A dilemma I have found this Halloween is how few toddler and baby Halloween costumes there are about! The ones I have seen if any are not very impressive, come on toddlers like Halloween too!! You may find that the little dresses tho not toddler size may just fit your little toddler as they come up small, but really? they aint very weather suitable. You don't want your toddler freezing on Halloween night! To put a jacket over it would just ruin the costume. I've had to take to the internet to find my little ones costume, Toddler Halloween costumes certainly need more thought in the shops! 

You have to get the balance right on Halloween, and not make things too scary! When decorating your house or dressing them up, why not put a friendly face on all the scary stuff? Try pumpkins with smiles, spiders with wide eyes and jokey faces and ghosts more like casper than your scary haunting ghost. This will make your little one laugh and ease them into  the Halloween tradition, if you go in all guns blazing and make it too scary they may fear it or even have nightmares! 

Friendly Pumpkin Ava made

There is plenty to keep you and your little one occupied during the Halloween week stuff that your little toddler will love and enjoy. It can be hard amusing a toddler for so long but luckily Halloween brings with it bags full of fun activities to keep theirs and your minds working you could try 

1. Making Halloween cookies & cakes!

2. Pumpkin Carving :) 

3. Making Halloween decorations 

4. Bobbing for apples

5. Making or buying a Halloween costume 

6. Watching Halloweeny movies like Hocus Pocus 

Pumpkin Carving!

Spider Cakes!

Halloween decorations made by Ava 

Remember! Your toddler could get loads of sweeties while trick or treating, remember to keep their sugar intake low! Don't want them bouncing off the walls for a week! You can do this by spacing there sweeties out during the next weeks! Keeping their sweeties as a 'special treat' for when they are really good, or even try getting them a small bag to go trick or treating with!

This concludes my Toddler Tuesday for this week! I hope you enjoyed the read, and my little tips have helped! 

Lots of Love 

Beth...xxx