Halloween 2011

Monday, October 31

MJ wore our pumpkin costume. I made this costume for Luke when he was not quite a year old and all the kids since him have worn it when they were one. This is one of my favorite costumes that I have made because it is easy on/off and warm and the kids can move around fine in it. MJ wasn't crazy about the hat, but she was fine walking around as a pumpkin.
Kay had a hard time deciding what she wanted to wear. I pulled out our Halloween costumes the Saturday before Halloween and the kids all had a ton of fun trying the costumes on. Kay went back and forth between Piglet and a Unicorn costume. (I love being able to reuse costumes!!) Finally on Halloween she decided to wear the Piglet costume. This is one that I made for M&M when she was 4 years old.
Kitty & Blondie also had a hard time deciding what to wear. At first they were both going to be Pioneers and wear the costumes they had worn for Faith the Musical, but then when I pulled out the costume box, the both changed their minds. Then they were both fighting over the Witch costume until I found the Poodle skirt that M&M had worn and it fit Blondie so she decided to wear that and Kitty wore the Witch costume. The witch costume is one that I bought for M&M when she was in 2nd grade. The poodle skirt I made for M&M when she was in 6th grade.

Luke wanted to be a Ring Wraith from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I couldn't find the type of cloak that he wanted and frankly I didn't have a lot of time and energy to do much looking. Luckily we were able to find and piece together a costume from a couple of years ago and it still looked fine on him - a Jedi.
M&M decided a couple of days before Halloween that she wanted to dress up for school. She came up with the idea of Robin Hood and made this hat the Saturday before Halloween. She wore a green shirt and her green soccer socks and tied a brown scrap of fabric around her waist. She went with the kids Trick-or-Treating for the first street or so but then decided to come back home and help give out candy instead.

Kay only stayed out about half of the time and then DH brought her back home and just took Kitty and Blondie. Luke went with a couple of friends around the neighborhood - thankfully we have a safe neighborhood and there are lots of kids and adults around that we trust. It was perfect weather this year!

Earlier in the day my dad came over to watch MJ for me so I could take Kay to the school to see the kids in the school parade. My mom also met us there. Then when the kids came home from school, Kitty wasn't with them. Luke and Blondie both assumed that I had picked her up after the parade. As soon as I heard that she wasn't on the bus, I quickly ran out to the car and drove over to the school - after leaving Luke with instructions to answer the phone in case the school called and tell them I was on my way. When I pulled up to the school I saw Kitty in her witch costume running at full speed for the front door of the school. I started honking my horn and pulled into the pick-up area and got to the door just after she had run inside. The school door was still open so I rolled down the window and yelled her name and she heard me and came out. After taking a few minutes to settle down I figured out that she had gotten out late from her class and the bus had already left. So she went over to the pick-up area and just sat there waiting for me to come pick her up. Finally when the last person other than her was leaving, the parent in the car told her to go into the school and call home and that is when I was driving up and saw her take off running for the school. I was a little disturbed that she is only a first grader and was left out there by herself with no adults/staff around. Thankfully this time turned out just fine... And she now has instructions that if she ever misses the bus again, she needs to go to the front office to ask to call home or go find her teacher to help her out.