Yea! Halloween has passed. I won't lie- the whole costume, candy thing is always a little stressful. To make the week even more exciting, Curtis went into "Minnesota do-it-yourself" mode and started 2 fairly ambitious yard projects. We spent ALL day Friday digging holes, pouring cememt and carting large wheelbarrels full of mud and cement around. Fun for the whole family. At the end of the day as we dragged our weary bodies into bed we talked about whether it was worth it. We saved a few hundred dollars in DIY mode but we both feel like the main advantage of doing work ourselves is that our family gets to work together. (Curt's shoulders beg to differ but I think he's still on board. :) We also score a basketball hoop and cememt slab for our grill out of the deal.
Anyway... I really hadn't done anything for costumes by Friday night and our church was having a trunk or treat on Saturday afternoon. Dan and Isaac had their playoff football games all morning on Saturday, so.... the costumes weren't going to get much attention. The good news is that the boys have grown up so much and they were actually really excited to make/refashion costumes of Halloween past. We spend a good part of Saturday afternoon working out in the front yard on costumes. Oh, and I stayed up late on Friday night sewing Lucy's "chicken costume."
Here's what we came up with:
2 Feather boas, some yellow fabric and a piece of red felt. I cannot believe this one came together. I looked at a few ideas online but really... pure luck, especially on the cap. She looked adorable for the 5 seconds that she kept it on and managed to win a prize at the church party and charm the neighbors. :)
For Daniel, it's all about the food anyway so he just wasn't that concerned about his costume. But he decided to be a Lego Knight. Costume from last year and lego head and arms (which were turfed early on) made out of yellow poster board.
This picture is titled "Cute Cannibal." Isaac wanted to be a pizza from day 1. This costume cost nothing and was really simple. We all worked together to paint, cut and tape the toppings on.
Jonah used the same Ninja costume he has for the last 3 years. This year he is Ninja grapes. He really wanted to be a Rubicks Cube but decided that costume would not be conducive to the kind of trick or treating he wanted. ie: too bulky for running from house to house!! Maybe next year. Now, just tell me what to do with all of this candy. We have buckets of it and I will seriously eat it all day long unless something is done!!!! Help....
