Come on Barbie Let's Go Party

Welcome to What I Wore: Halloween Edition!  To be correct, it's what I'll be wearing tomorrow to school!  This year my admin partner and I are going to do a duo costume and surprisingly he was a good sport to go along with Barbie and Ken.  The kids will love it and I enjoyed putting my costume together.  Bless my sweet, real life Ken, for helping me create the boxes.   If we ever need a couple costume in the future we are going to do this for sure.

I went with "Sporty" Barbie as I could create the look using the Smash & Tess Barbie jumpsuit in my closet, the pink converse shoes lent to me by my teen, this suprisingly good quality wig, and this little baseball shirt I found at Urban Planet!  Side note,  I am totally going to be styling this baseball top way past Halloween.  I had so much fun getting this outfit pulled together and I am grateful that I have a work environment where everyone gets dressed up.  One of these years I am going to host an adult only Halloween party!

For past Halloween costumes see this post.

Do you dress-up?  If so, what are you going to be?  Do you host a Halloween party, tell me more?  

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Smash & Tess Barbie Romper (Poshmark; for size reference I wear XS)

Pink Converse Hightops

Urban Planet Baseball Jersey (sold out; see Barbie items)

Blond Wig

Halloween 2022 and a Look Back!

Yikes!  Halloween is just around the corner and I am not sure what I am going to dress up as this year.  We really wanted to do a group costume at work but it proved to be pretty expensive and not everyone really wanted to invest, which is totally fine and makes sense.  Yesterday I was helping a friend find a formal outfit for an event out of my closet and I ran across a black dress with pearls and thought I just might try to pull together a Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's Costume idea.  Stay tuned and watch my IG for whatever I come up with.  Below is my inspiration by The Literary Lifestyle.

I love dressing up and although we don't ever end up going to any Halloween parties or anything, I am thankful that each year that I am expected to dress up for school.  The bad news is I don't often take pictures but below are some of Haloweens past.  My very favorite costume of all time is 2017 when Anya and I went as a duo of Maleficent and Mal from the Descendants movies.  In hindsight I really wish we had done more family themed costumes when the girls were young but at the same time, we always let them choose what they wanted to be.  Another favorite costume that I've had is dressing up as Bell last year, all the PreK kids absolutely loved it and it was fun to add to the magic of the day.  I lent it out to my sister for this Halloween.  Anyway, you will find me having a full on Halloween day at my school with my littles, and then handing out candy and maybe hosting some of the kids friends as they come and go from trick or treating.  

2008:  Halie as a tiger and I went as a pumpkin at 7 months pregnant with Anya.

Crazy Cat Lady!

Girls don't need saving!  They are superhero's all by themselves1

Do you dress up?   If so, what are you planning to dress up as this year? What does Halloween look like for you?  

October Sentence A Day Addition

Oct 1st brought us snow. Too soon.  

Oct.2 We welcomed 100+ dedicated literacy teachers for another great year of collaborating and learning.  Working with dedicated, knowledgeable and passionate educators is my favorite part of my job.  

Oct.3 Welcome our newest nephew, Otto Bourdon.  

                                

Oct.4th Pulled the trigger and bought a puppy.  The girls don't know but we are getting a little lady to join the family.  Now to somehow plant the seed of what we want her name to be, yet make Anya think it was her idea.  :)  

Oct.5th Bowling and sleepover with Anya's new friend from school.  If you are a regular reader you know we were all a little anxious about the move to the new school but it's going super well!!!  

Oct.6, 7 & 8 Thanksgiving weekend brought lots of baby snuggles with baby Otto and lots of play time with Cooper.  The girls also enjoyed getting outdoors in nature, hotubing with awesome friends and 🦃 meal with family.  

Oct 9th Back to the grind after a nice long weekend.  Tanner got a haircut; handsome man.  

Oct.10 Came home to a random act of kindness by the students from our local public school who raked and bagged our front yard.  

Oct.11th Appointments, appointments, appointments.

Oct.13 Bit cold but we got outdoors anyway. 

Oct.14 Epic day of cleaning, meal prepping and getting laundry done.  I am heading into a really busy week and wanted most of the food prepped for minimal cooking.  I made fried fish, rice and salad for two meals.  I also prepped veggies and a roast for a meal later on in the week, and made a huge pot of Sicilian chicken soup.  

October 15th Forgot to reflect.  No memory of this day. 

Oct.16 Worked with a small group of primary teachers on some planning.

Oct.17 Went to a planning meeting for our local conservatory,  that will be attached to our new children's museum.

Oct.18 Best Day Ever!  We had our kindergarten community meeting and went through a process that encouraged us to grow our cultural competence, literacy and numeracy understandings together.  This group of teachers lifts me and inspires me beyond words.  

Oct.19 

Oct.20. Welcome to the family Oreo.  We had a big surprise for the girls  and they were shocked!! 

                        

Oct.21 We celebrated my cousin's birthday and went to a Halloween party.  First time playing lazer tag for me.  

Oct.22 Late night working on a literacy syllabus at our University for the College of Education.

Oct.23 Oreo learns to fetch. (Video)


Oct.24 It was Halloween decorations went up.   My girls and husband did it all!

Oct.25 Halie's first band concert.  She decided to try the clarinet and has come so far, you know from "noise" to actual notes, in a short amount of time.  #proudmama

Oct.26 TGIF.  Its been a long two weeks of work, two more to go.

Oct.27 Felt completely inspired by the work of our teacher colleges from British Columbia.

Oct.28th Enjoyed a quite 10 km loop by myself.  Felt recharged.

Oct.29 Iced 50+ cupcakes for the girls school Halloween parties.

Oct.30th My neck totally seized on me and am having trouble sleeping, shoulder checking and just doing life. 😪

Oct. 31st  Halloween!!!!