Witches brew and an Avenger too.

For Halloween this year dad wanted to go old school.

so after a tiny bit of convincing, ali embraced the role of a good old fashioned witch.

Not that it was hard to convince her to do anything daddy wanted. 

and once she knew crazy hair and make up were involved it was a done deal!

We searched high and low for the perfect basic costume to bring dad's vision to life...

When all was said and done we decided to piece our own together.

So the dress was a walmart find. the hat was from a costume store (and I just hot glued it to a headband).

The tights we had from a last halloween clearance sale. and the shoes were a find of my mom's from several years ago that miraculously fit this year...it was costume kismet!

She rocked that classic costume like nobodies business!

But a theme must be had, so what was piper to be?

well, every witch needs a black cat of course!

again, super basic...but hilariously executed by pipes.

When you asked her what a kitty said she responded with the most perfect little "meow"

and Cole...oh the traditional theme went out the window.

He is not so easily convinced and his love for all things Avengers was too deep for us to crush with our own agenda...but believe me we thought about it!

Halloween day they wore costumes to school and that night, though showered in icy rain, was magical and oh so fun.

these two ran from house to house, while piper watched from the car that rolled on at speeds on of 0.2 miles an hour.

They are at the perfect ages to make this kind of thing amazingly enjoyable as parents.

It was the happiest of halloweens.