Halloween preview

Did a little photoshoot of the kiddos so I'd have good pictures to send Grandparents, etc of the girly-girls in their halloween costumes.


L's lion costume is the one I've written about before - the recycled costume from when C was 2. I swear, I only went into the fabric store to get orange fabric to make tiger pants, but that faux fur grabbed me and forced me to make that darned lion. The mane, etc. are all ribbons, folded in half and hot glued on to the costume. I still have nightmares about the burns I had from that project - but it was worth it!

C decided to be a "Vampire Princess" this year. We made a cape, too, out of black fleece so she can be toasty warm... she's going to resist wearing a coat, but it's cold here. She's going to have to do something! She went to her first halloween party where parents didn't hang around. She was thrilled to be dropped off and left for hours at a party. (Girl Scout friend.) She met a boy - gasp - who is 10. She told us she thought he's cute, but couldn't remember his name. An older man... (rolling eyes!!) She blushed when she told us. I didn't give her a hard time - maybe she'll keep telling me stuff. (yeah yeah yeah... I can dream, right?)

C is pretty annoyed that I might not be home in time for Trick or Treat. I travel to the office on Tues., and I don't know if I'll get home by 6. We T or T on Halloween in this town. In other places I've lived, it's been on a Friday or Sat. night, and it was always a pain to figure out what night was The Night. Here, there's no doubt, even though it's a school night. Oh well, can't win 'em all... When do you trick or treat?