Halloween 2009

We had a great Halloween this year. We made a couple costumes, borrowed one, and pulled one together with help from the DI. The older kids wanted to be scary so Janie was a vampire and Reid was a skeleton. Jack wanted to be a power ranger and our neighbor had a Flash Gordon costume we got to borrow. Luke was this adorable chicken that I made. I got the stuff when Jack was a baby but Justin gave me so much guff about making him be a chicken that I didn't do it. But I did it this year for Luke and it was a hit. I decided to be the hillbilly chicken farmer to go along with Luke. We found Janie's dress at the DI for $3 and it was perfect for her, she also wanted a black wig to wear and once we put that on and painted her face no one recognized her, it was fun. For Reid we painted bones on a pair of black sweats and then painted his face to match, he loved that his bones glowed in the dark. Jack decided that he was a super hero instead of a power ranger and the suit fit perfect, thanks to Alison and Porter for letting us borrow the costume. Luke's was the funniest and I love that he wore it pretty much the whole evening. For his costume I got the idea off of Martha Stewart, you use feather boas and stitch them onto a white onesie, then you use yellow gloves for the feet and a white pilots cap with a red felt comb on top. I had a few people ask me if Luke was wearing a pair of underwear on his head, I'm not that mean of a mom, am I? For the festivities we went to our ward trunk or treat party and then over to the elementary school for a carnival. It was great because the trunk or treat was at 3pm then the carnival from 4-6p then we went home, cleaned kids up, put them to bed and Justin and I had a nice quiet evening with a movie and popcorn.