By popular request, I am finally getting around to posting our Halloween pictures. With this annoyong toothache I've been dealing with for about the last ten days, plus the normal motherly duties, I've had little time to get on the computer, but finally, here they are. Boston dressed up in a little "My First Halloween" onesie for the day, and then changed into his Boston Marathoner costume that night. I had kept the costume a surprise from Richard, so it was fun to see his reaction when he saw his "Little Me." I used a yellow onesie I had found on clearance and sewed racing stripes down the side and added Boston's name across the front. I also had found little racing shorts on clearance. (Who would have thought they'd make running shorts for a two-month old?) Of course Boston needed a race bib. We used Richard's race number from his Boston marathon, and the bib had to be pinned to his shorts (as opposed to his shirt), just like Richard does for his races. I completed the costume with a miniature version of the Boston Marathon Finisher medal.
Britton dressed up as Luigi (Mario's sidekick for those of you who aren't up on your Nintendo game characters). The cutest part of his costume was his fake mustache. Britton spent a good twenty minutes in front of the mirror getting the mustache just right!
The older boys were on their own for Halloween costumes. Both helped out at our neighbor's annual haunted house. Brad just had to wear all black for his part, but Brandon dressed up as a zombie. He made a trip to DI to pick up an old suit and shirt he could zombie-ize. He brought home a terribly ugly polyester suit straight from the late seventies. However, Brandon said the stretchy polyester was uber-comfortable! Anyway, he also did up his face with professional make-up, and ended up looking quite scary.
As part of the haunted house, our neighbors (and Brandon and other neighborhood kids) performed the Thriller dance every half hour. It was awsome! They even made the front page of the Springville Herald. (Granted, it doesn't take too much to make the front page of the Springville Herald!)
So that was it for our Halloween - carved a pumpkin, did a little trick-or-treating, and hung out with the fam at Jim and Bunni's house for a while. Fun night! Thanksgiving - here we come!
