Halloweens Past

 I love Halloween.  I'm not quite sure why.  Possibly because it falls in the middle of Autumn, which is my favourite season, and the trees are still changing color.  (Although here in Canada - we usually accommodate  for snowsuits under our costumes due to unexpected snowfall!)

I thought I would post a few pictures of the costumes that my boys picked out for Halloween in the past.  

These pictures were taken after I got a digital camera - so earlier pictures are not shown (and I don't have the patience right now to scan a couple years worth of pictures into my computer at the moment).  My oldest has been:  Superman (9 Months), Eyore (1 year old), Mickey Mouse (2 years old), and a Mountie (3 years old).  My Middle Child has been: A Strawberry (or a Tomato) (4 Months old), and Eyore (1 Year old).  Sorry I don't have those to show you :)  

2005

Harry Potter.  This was the first cloak I made.  I even hand-stitched the Gryffindor Emblem.  

A knight.  He LOVED this sword!

2006

A Bat.  I bought this costume.  And then felt guilty for not sewing something.  I love his expression.  He always tries to act like what he is dressed as and this is his "bat" face.

A mountie.  This is the costume that I made for my oldest when he was 3.  

2007

An Army Guy and Robin.  I made the army costume and bought the Robin costume.  I was a greatly loved Robin costume and worn almost every day for a couple of years.

2008

Green Arrow.  My husband and I made this costume.  

Ghost Rider.  This is where I discovered that it is NOT fun to sew leather.

2009

A Ninja and Super Mario.  I searched for a Super Mario costume this year to buy and they didn't have any.  Now they are EVERYWHERE!

2010

A Yip Yip (from Sesame Street) and Harry Potter.  Again.  My husband wanted a challenge, and we had seen similar costumes at the comic convention in Calgary, so he helped make the Yip Yip costume.  

This was the second Harry Potter cloak I made.  I had to get a close-up of the emblem this time.  

 2011

Gandalf and Frankenstein's Monster

My little Pilot.  Not much of a Costume - but we were walking around with the Stroller and it was Cold out!

 Random Pictures

Evil Scarecrow.  My husband made this costume a few years ago, and it usually makes an appearance on Halloween.    P.S.  Chocolate powder makes clothes look dirty when the ground is frozen!

My baby.  He loves to dress up.  This was taken this summer!

Halloween: The Tough and the Scary

So, this year, after much agonizing over what to be, my boys finally decided on their Halloween costumes. Adam picked Ghost Rider and Wesley chose Green Arrow. Mark and I spent WEEKS sewing, painting and glueing and whatever else had to be done. The funny thing is, that I told Mark that I wanted to go really cheap this year, but obviously, being our (Mark's) favorite holiday, it didn't happen.

Adam had a little trouble adjusting to the makeup around his eyes. He has really long eyelashes and the paint brush kept hitting them. After a few tears, I grabbed some black eye shadow and got as close as possible. Note to self for next year * NO COSTUMES THAT REQUIRE EYE MAKEUP!!!* Anyway - Mark was trying to turn Adam's face into a skeleton quickly so he wasn't late for school and I was trying to get him to eat Something so he didn't get a sugar rush from all the treats he would get at the class party.*Another Note to Self - Eat BEFORE putting on makeup!* Needless to say, I thought the makeup turned out really good. No one at school knew who he was - and I have to say that he had the best costume in the whole school! I also liked the way he totally gets into character. He had a cocky, aggressive walk - obviously what he thought Ghost Rider would be like! He got ALOT of stares and it was kind of fun to see people' s reactions to all the work we had done.

On the down side, he did frighten his little cousin, who hid behind his Grandma for 1/2 an hour saying, "Hide me Grandma!" and refused to play with "Scary Adam" until he saw me re-touch the skeleton makeup. Maybe Adam can be some thing cute and fuzzy next year. As if Mark would allow that!!!

Wesley loved his costume also. He chose Green Arrow - a lesser known superhero from the Justice League.

Older kids and Adults who watch Smallville knew who he was, but unfortunately, the smaller kids and alot of Adults just thought he was a Teenage-Mutant-

Ninja Turtle. Easy mistake, I guess. They're both green. We went with the Smallville version because it was a little cooler looking and -we thought - a little more well known. Oh well. He loved dressing up, we thought it was awesome - and that's all that matters.

Fun was had by all this year, and the weather for Trick-or-treating was awesome! There was no wind and it was practically warm! No snowsuits or long underwear in sight! We went out with 4 of their younger cousins and proceeded to canvas Stirling. Wesley tired out after half a bag of candy, but Adam stayed strong. He went back to Grandma's house, emptied out his FULL bag of candy and went out to get 1/2 a bag more! Sadly - he doesn't like the chocolate bars that much, so I have to sacrifice myself and eat those for him. Poor me!