As many of you know, halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The costumes the kids chose this year, may not have been my favorite, but still lots of love went into making them. And then halloween just didn't happen. Overshadowed by a little thing called Hurricane Sandy.
First I was stuck in Houston after Quilt Market for the storm and some of the aftermath. Couldn't get back until late Halloween night and there was no trick-or-treating. We went without power for 10 days and went to a hotel and then family's to keep warm. There were some rescheduled Halloween activities, but we couldn't make any. :(
The good news is the kids' school had a Halloween party the friday before, so they did can a chance to wear their costumes at least once. And I took pictures before I left.
Aurora chose to be Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter. So basically I had to make the same kind of Hogwarts uniform as last year, but in all grey so she looked like a ghost.
Here she is happy:
Then typical pouty Myrtle:
Notice the Ravenclaw crest which I had to make by hand because obviously they don't sell them in grey.
Theo's choice was no surprise. He's crazy for Angry Birds. I don't really get it. It's cute and all, but how does it have that much appeal? It's just everywhere! And from the first time he tried it, he was hooked.
His costume was a hoot because he loved bouncing around and bumping into things in his own protective pillow. I knew if was going to be hot and unwieldy at the party so he had a t-shirt underneath for when he had to take it off.
I love his angry face.
Of course he changed his mind about which color he wanted to be after I bought all the materials... but he had to stick with the classic red.
Hope you Halloweens were more enjoyable and frankly safer than ours here in NJ. And have a great Thanksgiving!
JT
Love the costumes! They're awesome!!
Michelle
Posted by: Michelle K | November 26, 2012 at 10:24 PM
You posted! Hooray! Great costumes. You *made* Angry Birds?! How?
Posted by: Lee | November 29, 2012 at 01:02 PM
what great costumes !
lucky kids. May be they could wear them again next year and get more use out of them. I guess the costumes were the minor side of things considering all the weather hoopla.
Hope things are getting back to normal for everyone there.
Posted by: Colleen | December 01, 2012 at 08:27 AM
The costumes are awesome as were last years. I hope you have power, and some semblance of normal life back after that hurricane came through. Glad you are all back together and home safe.
Posted by: Marsha | December 01, 2012 at 10:29 PM
The Angry Bird is incredible. I LOVE IT! My 7 year old daughter is hooked and I don't get it either.
Posted by: Barbara | December 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM
The boy is so lovely. I like the angry bird. It's a really terrific idea, perhaps I can have a try with my son.
Posted by: NewMey | December 25, 2012 at 04:57 AM