Halloween 2009

The week before Halloween was super busy at our house this year. I had an old friend from Nashville in town visiting. I'd go to work during the day then come home & stay up late talking. It was great to spend time reminiscing, but it sure did catch up with me. I've been exhausted ever since! So, I'm finally putting up the pictures of the boys from Halloween.

When the boys were little I use to make a lot of their Halloween outfits. But over time they decided they wanted store bought costumes. Well, this year we went back to the homemade kind. Austin knew he wanted to be a zombie a couple of months back. He had an old pair of jean that got ruined last year when a red pen leaked in his pocket. For some reason I held on to those jeans. It's a good thing I did. Austin had fun ripping them & smearing make-up & blood on them. James did a great job helping him with the make-up on his face and arms. Up close it looked like parts of his skin were peeling off.

Dylan wasn't sure what he wanted to be. I knew we had a couple of old white sheets in the closet that we never used, so I suggested he be a ghost. It didn't take long for him to decide that was a good idea. Then we started talking about how we'd do it exactly. First I tried using a twin sized sheet. It was not big enough. So the day of Halloween we got out the king sized sheet & started cutting out the eyes & mouth. Dylan didn't enjoy the fitting sessions so much, but in the end the costume was pretty cool. The hula hoop added a great effect. As he walked it looked like he was floating.

This year the boys decided to go trick or treating separately with different neighborhood friends. James & I stayed home to pass out the candy. I was so worried Dylan would trip & fall. I pictured him coming home with a broken arm or leg. But at the end of the day he arrived home unscathed. I think this might be the last year of trick or treating. We shall see.