this year was no exception!
we were lucky to have cousin chloe visiting with her parents.
she's 3 months old now and as sweet as sugar.
we all wanted to cuddle and hold her and her parents were good enough to let us. *grin*.
since she is a bit young for trick or treating,
she stayed back at the house and helped her parents hand out candy,
while christopher and i took the boys trick or treating.
this was our first time taking them together and it was so much fun (thx anissa and chad).
i will try to get a photo of chloe dressed in her costume from her mom and post.
she's so so cute! as for the boy's costumes, finn expressed his desire to be a robot a while back.
robots are his thing right now and c was happy to help create something. the boys pulled together cardboard boxes and items from around the house or from storage. the dryer vents came from home depot and the computer keyboard came from c's work.
scoutie is at the age where he refuses to wear anything uncomfortable so my idea for him to be 'max' from maurice sendak's 'where the wild things are', seemed perfect. who wouldn't want to wear a cozy footed sleeper on a cool night?! i asked him a month ago or so if he'd like to be 'max', pointing out the wolf pajamas max wears in the storybook and he said "yes momma, i be max, finn be robot". that was easy enough.
finding a sleeper was the challenge. after searching on-line and having no luck finding a solid white or even a gray sleeper in toddler sizes, i visited ebay. sure enough i found a woman who was taking orders for any size 'max' costumes - from infants to adults. it wasn't cheap, but since i don't sew, i really didn't have a choice. i purchased a size 2 for scoutie and from the moment he tried it on, he *loved* it. it's super soft and stretchy and since our nights are nippy now, he wanted to wear it. his little crown was cut out of gold colored posterboard from michaels - very simple.
finding a sleeper was the challenge. after searching on-line and having no luck finding a solid white or even a gray sleeper in toddler sizes, i visited ebay. sure enough i found a woman who was taking orders for any size 'max' costumes - from infants to adults. it wasn't cheap, but since i don't sew, i really didn't have a choice. i purchased a size 2 for scoutie and from the moment he tried it on, he *loved* it. it's super soft and stretchy and since our nights are nippy now, he wanted to wear it. his little crown was cut out of gold colored posterboard from michaels - very simple.
here are a few photos taken at a party at our neighborhood recreation center on friday night and then a few on halloween night. after going around just our block, both boys were done for the night. finn was complaining his pumpkin was "getting too heavy" and scoutie ended up getting a ride on my shoulders.
it's too bad i wasn't dressed as one of those monsters from the island that max visits.
that would have been really cute!
i recently found this shirt that i would love - so fitting. i think i will treat myself.
it's too bad i wasn't dressed as one of those monsters from the island that max visits.
that would have been really cute!
i recently found this shirt that i would love - so fitting. i think i will treat myself.
i hope your halloween was spooktacular!!
~ i didn't dress for halloween night, but i did dress for a fabulous party the weekend before.
i was amelia earhart. wore a sexy lil' flight dress and my brown knee boots and this
faux fur pilot cap with the little pieces that cover the ear. SUPER cute.
so wish i had taken a photo.
