Happy Halloween Samster!

I was hoping today would be nice & relaxing but with boob school all week & Sam & I leaving for Tampa tomorrow today was anything but relaxing. We did have some fun though...

Somehow I conned P into running my errands with me. Lucky me he didn't ask where we were going. I believe his exact words when I told him we were going to Target, Baby Store & JoAnn's were, "Aw man! How did I get stuck on the va-jay-jay route?!"

1st stop Target...

Sam LOVES to kiss & hug whatever you give her. In fact she insists that she 1st hugs whatever you get before it is allowed in the cart. Here she's canoodling with the Listerine.

Next we went to the baby store & Sam found this little shopping cart toy they had out on display. Man did she ever zero right in on that thing! This just goes to show that shopping is an innate gene & cannot be helped.

Funny thing is P is so mr. budget & the last thing Sam needs is another toy but guess who got completely suckered into her cuteness tornado & happily whipped out the credit card to bring home the toy Du joir?? Yep. You guessed it. Got daddy all sorts of wrapped up around those little pinkies! At least with this toy I think it's one she'll keep for awhile, I can just see her playing pretend grocery shopping for cute felt food & then wheeling it over to her little pink kitchen that Santa might be bringing. LOVE having a little girl.

After that P was wiped out so I let him & Samster wait in the car while I ran in JoAnn's. I needed stuffing for Sam's "Crazy Octopus" halloween costume that I was making ON HALLOWEEN DAY! Sheesh.

But before I get to the costume look at the munchkin at lunch...we played the 1st half of the day dangerously close to naptime. In fact I'm surprised we didn't witness a meltdown or two...

So back to the costume fiasco. I had bought a pattern & the fabric to make Sam a doggie costume. She's obsessed with them so I thought she'd get a kick out seeing herself dressed as one. Problem was I had boob school everyday last week & I literally left before she woke up & got home right before bedtime EVERY SINGLE DAY. (once again, kudos to you working moms)

The doggie costume kept getting put off & off & off until before I knew it, it's Halloween Eve, 9pm, & no costume. That's when this tutorial SAVED MY HEINIE. Isn't it the best idea?! I wish I could take credit for it, Sam was the most fabulous, cute CRAZY OCTOPUS ever!

Honestly, this took less than an hour to make. I followed the tutorial for everything except I did felt "suckers" & made her hat out of fleece.

(back view so you can see her "tentacle tights")

The whole Samster Family. Little crazy octopus, cowgirl (aka too busy with everyone else's costume to make my own) & Billy Mays. Yes, he did. Which I actually thought was pretty clever but for some reason most of the people at the neighborhood Halloween party had no clue who he was. What do you think? Would you have known what he was supposed to be?