Snow White, the Evil Queen, & the Woodsman

We just went to our ward's trunk-or-treat.  Elea was still too young to really get what was going on- but at least she looked cute!  I was happy that Jeff was willing to dress-up with us.

Halloween costume dilemma.

I haven't dressed up for halloween for A LONG TIME. To be honest, I don't remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween. This year, Jeff's work is having a Halloween party AND if I'm gonna dress Elea up and possibly use her child status to get some candy, we should probably dress up to.

BUT

I have zero ideas. Jeff mentioned a smurf costume for him which would involve blue body paint and white spandex. . . hence this desperate cry for help.

I was thinking of a fairy costume for Elea but Jeff wasn't a big fan of the idea. Our brother-in-law justin suggested dressing up elea as an 80's aerobice instructor with the sweatband and poofy hair. If I could get my hands on a pair of white princess high top reeboks and spandexshorts with a thong leotard to go over them for her-- it might be a possibility. But then again-- wouldn't a bunny or some other cuddly animal be a lot sweeter?

I forgot to post picture's of Angie's girls on halloween!

This picture cracks me up!

snow white and the girls

Here is the picture I promised!

happy halloween!

I am visiting my sister this week and it has been a lot of fun hanging out with her and her girls. My nieces are so fun and cute-- they've put up with a lot the past 2 days as ang and I come up with different ideas for their costumes, make up, etc. They're all hyped up on candy so it's probably worth it for them. Last night we took them to a medical clinic type thing-- one of the med students in their neighborhood told them about it. It was supposed to be the best thing you'd ever seen. It was the best thing we'd ever seen-- but mostly because we like to people watch and it gave us plenty of people to watch. I wish I could have taken more pictures-- but that would have been even more obvious than our almost hysterical laughter the entire time. Katelyn, the 6 year old, asked us when we were walking out to the car, "Why were you guys laughing the whole time?" I feel sort of bad laughing at the costumes because obviously there were good intentions. But I'll post a pic of the girls with "Snow White" and you'll understand.

getting ready for halloween

I'm visiting my sister during Halloween and I'm very excited because she has kids so I have an excuse to dress up. While looking on-line at halloween costumes I came across some good, some not so good, and some that caused disturbing flashbacks of All Hallow's Eves passed. Here are a few simple pointers on costume wearing and my thoughts while browsing:

#1- If a costume has to be labeled, find something different.




















#2 Don't embarrass your baby straight out of the womb.




















#3 If you are going to dress your baby up as food- try something more organic or plant based with less preservatives. Something is just not right about an over-sized hot dog.


















#4 Whatever happened to just wearing a mask? I'm not a fan of the over-sized sweatband.

#5 Dr. Seuss is always a sure bet. (see #4 about the mask). Interestingly, the website had SOLD OUT of "thing 2" but not "thing 1."

#6 Having experience my fair share of self-inflicted embarrassing costumes, I think that it is fair to say that parents have the responsibility to just say 'no' to some costumes. It will probably be tough but no matter how many tears are shed- hold strong. (and no, this isn't me).

#7 Don't let the snazzy background fool you: To be a ghost all you need is a white sheet and a pair of scissors.


And finally, I almost bought this costume for my hypothetical child of the future. Although this thought deviates from the Halloween theme, it still applies:

When I was somewhere between the ages of 5-7, I was assigned to be one of the lambs in the Christmas pageant at church. I don't know if my mom forgot all about it, didn't care a whole lot, or just simply did the best she could, but regardless, I ended up on-stage in all my lamb-glory in a brown paper bag with cotton balls glued to it, turned upside down with a hole cut for my head, and an arm hole on either side. I spent the duration of the pageant trying to kneel/sit down but every time I did the bag would hit the stage and the lower half of my face would disappear into the bag.


In my mom's defense when I was in kindergarten I had about the coolest mummy costume a girl could hope for.

Any good costume ideas?