We are wrapping up one fun Halloween weekend!
Mazen did a trial run of his costume on Thursday for the preschool parade. He was so cute and loved making scary faces! I didn’t know how the face painting would go, but after explaining its purpose he cooperated and liked getting it on.
When I picked him up from school that afternoon I asked him what his favorite part of the day was – the Halloween party, the songs they sang, etc. He said “When you took my picture during the parade.” <3
As one of my favorite holidays, we packed in lots of activities all weekend. I took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg on Thursday and Friday to participate in their first ever Halloween celebration with American Heritage Chocolate. More on that trip coming soon! While I was gone, Matt took Mazen trick-or-treating on the UVa lawn. I was sad to miss this, but Matt took lots of photos and videos to share with me. (Can you tell Matt did his make up this time!?)
I got home very late on Friday night. Saturday morning we dressed up in costume again and went to lunch at the Struckmann’s house. Sarah outdid herself with cute ideas like these pumpkins who couldn’t quite keep their lunches down!
She also had ghost pizzas that her mom made, bean and bacon soup, rolls…
and this delicious brain for dessert! The brain was made in a brain mold with a jello/cream cheese/raspberry mixture.
After lunch I split for a make-up soccer game and Matt took over the fun. The Sayas had a great time celebrating and begging us to eat all the candy! I scored a sweet goal in my game in the last few minutes – a rarity for co-ed league!
Later that evening, we encouraged Mazen to go trick-or-treating in our neighborhood but he didn’t really seem interested. He was too into the fact that our doorbell kept ringing! As the greeter, we taught him to say “Happy Halloween” upon opening it and offering candy. This is our fourth house and neighborhood and the first time we had a nice stream of trick-or-treaters!!
After we put Mazen to bed and got our babysitter settled, Matt and I went out on the town ourselves. We planned a big bar crawl with a big group of friends. As you may have seen on social media, Matt and I replicated our zombie bride and groom that we did back in 2008. I don’t think I have put on my wedding dress since then! Still fits : )
Matt had to help me with the lace-up back. It’s pretty funny to have your husband help you put on your wedding dress!!
We did lots of make-up, including fake gun shots. Matt’s face was so gross!
Mazen got a kick out of us as we got ready.
A monster family!
Everyone in Cville was dressed up downtown – it was like one big happy Halloween party! So many great costumes.
A large part of our group went as Peter Pan characters.
We got lots of compliments on our costumes, and even had several cars stop us on the walk there and back to ask if we were a “real” bride and groom. We said we were eight years ago!
Sunday I had TWO more soccer games! I played my best game ever in my women’s game and had my second goal of the weekend. Plus two assists, a sprained right ankle and a ball to the eyeball! My ankle should be ok, but the crunch it made when I rolled it was creepier than all of Halloween weekend.
Some food from the weekend –
Yogurt / Oats / Pear / Almond butter / Coffee
Whole Foods hot bar (small portions in between soccer games!)
Delicious breakfast – Pear / fried egg / toast with butter
And pre-Halloween crab cakes with zucchini and some vino. I buy these crab cakes at the farmer’s market and freeze them. Perfect for easy dinners!
And Mazen’s breakfast on Sunday. Melon / yogurt and one-too-many candy bars!
Clareio says
Mazen in that jacket may be the cutest thing i’ve ever seen!
mary @ minutes per mile says
what a great way to re-purpose a wedding dress! 🙂
Kori says
Wow, what a fun weekend! I love your zombie bride and groom idea, and Mazen looked so cute and scary! 😉
Amanda says
Mazen is toooo adoarable!
[email protected] says
That looks like a really fun weekend! Love your costumes!
kate says
I don’t think i would still fit in my wedding dress!! you are lucky!!!
And you look too pretty! Matt though looks like a zombie!
Mom says
You guys rocked Halloween! Maze and Matt and you make great creatures of terror, and Sarah’s party creations are spectacular!
Ali @ Peaches and Football says
Hey – kudos for a creative re-purposing of the wedding dress. Might as well get some use out of it, right?? I love Mazen’s hair and Frankenstein stitches. He looks absolutely adorable. Laughed a bit at his Winter pajamas too – the season is coming soon!!
A few years ago it didn’t seem like Halloween parties were that popular (or maybe my friends just weren’t doing them?) but the last 2 years it seems like everyone is having them and the costume creativity is just unreal. Love it all!!
Alissa says
Aww….you didn’t zombify yourself enough! I can understand not wanting fake blood all over your dress, but why didn’t you go for it with the makeup?
KathEats says
I just didn’t want to risk it rubbing off on me anywhere!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
So cute!! I love Mazen’s costume!
Michelle says
Great Halloween costumes. Mazen is adorable!
Tiffany says
This looks like just a fun weekend and I love Mazen’s costume!
On an unrelated note – last year you mentioned the chia oat pods and how you tried to recreate it but couldn’t quite do that. Well I tried the Oh She Glows recipes for 5-min Oatmeal and the consistency after you warm it on the stove top is exactly like the chia oat pods. For an apple spice flavor just add diced apple when you heat it up.
http://ohsheglows.com/2014/11/17/5-minute-oatmeal-power-bowl/
Have a great day, Kath!
KathEats says
Thanks for the tip!!
Sophie says
Looks like you had a great Halloween!
I hope you can help me with something. My husband has been put on a low sodium diet. We cook at home mostly so controlling sodium there isn’t a problem. It seems like eating out is going to be very difficult because even “healthy” places like Panera have food loaded with sodium. Any RD tips for eating out on a low sodium diet?
KathEats says
He needs to just focus on the freshest foods – like salads – while out. And you’d be surprised at how many restaurants are accommodating to dietary needs these days. Requesting fish, veggies and the like with the sauce on the side will help him be able to control the sodium on his own too.
Kristy @ Southern In Law says
Mazen’s costume is WAY too cute!
It’s definitely so weird putting a wedding dress back on after you’re married! Whilst I wasn’t wearing my own, I did a photoshoot for my friend a couple of weeks back in a wedding dress and it felt so odd having Jesse help me put it on – and even choose it out at the bridal store we were borrowing the dress from, haha!
KathEats says
PS. Love your blog name!!
Hillary says
Oh my gosh.. I worry so much about that gorgeous dress!! I hope no one spilled beer or drinks on it!!!
You look amazing by the way. Soccer is paying off BIG!
Jann says
How did you make the zucchini in the crab cake dinner picture? Is it just roasted? It looks way better than when I roast zucchini?!
KathEats says
It’s just pan-cooked in butter until it’s brown and soft!
Michele says
Love the costumes! No one else mentioned this so maybe it’s just me but some (most) of the pictures in this post are teeny tiny. For example, I can see the one of Matt helping you with your dress and then the next 6 are tiny, then I can see the one of two of you dressed up and the next 4 are tiny. I’m on a laptop so not sure what the problem is. Just thought I would let you know. It’s happened before but I’ve never mentioned it.
By the way – that crab cake and zucchini dinner looks delicious!
Michele says
And weird….as soon as I hit Submit, all the pics showed up regular size!