My three favorite little Halloweenies!!!! Two American Girl Dolls (Kaya and Kit) and one Super Boy!
My little Kit strikes a pose before trick or treating. Thanks to Auntie Heather for the trick or treat bags. They really upgraded the outfits. It was a pretty chilly night so there were A LOT of layers under those costumes! Breleigh actually looks like she has chubby legs. hehehehehe Anyone who knows her knows that this is not the usual case! Let's see... now I just need to toot my own horn a little. I made Breleigh's skirt but bought the rest. I did however take a sweater that was too long and cut it shorter and then sew the band back on the bottom and I also added the ribbon to hat. The hat was actually mine back in the days of "no hair" so it was large on Breleigh. After two failed attempts to pull it together with dental floss to tighten it I finally ran some elastic on the inside. Worked like a charm!!!! I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!!
Kaya- I have always thought that I should have a little girl who would dress up as a Native American. Don't know why but I have just always felt that way. Then last year in preschool they studied Native Americans and Helaina became VERY interested and connected their study to the American Girl Doll. I knew I HAD to turn her into Kaya. We knew VERY early that this would be her costume. I am so proud of myself on this one. After extensive discussion with my costume mentor (a.k.a. my mom) I made my own pattern using a night gown and some wrapping paper got the basic shape. Then it was off into the world of "extras". I loved putting it all together piece by piece. The fabric was already fringed on the bottom so I just had to do the sides. I literally made this entire dress. My mom made the headband for Helaina. It was important for her to have that since she couldn't have the "actual" braids that Kaya has. I did manage to learn to french braid weeks before Halloween. It wasn't a fantastic job but we got through it!!!! Helaina already had the fun fringed boots so it was super easy to complete the look.
She's silly! I don't always let her show her true silly side... I need to more. just saying!
Super Boy
Originally I was going to have Easton be a frog. Found the costume at Once Upon a Child for 8 bucks. He was super cute as a frog. But...... something changed my mind. You'll have to keep reading to find out what that "something" was!!!! I was so proud of myself on this one. I actually used a sweatshirt and made my own pattern for this cape. First time for that!!!! I have been reading this blog that I love called Make it Love it and she does this kind of thing all the time. It was so much fun to have it all come together. I decided I wasn't even going to fight with an actual mask so I velcroed it to his hood. All babies need hoods for midwestern Halloween's- don't you think? The hard part of this was making it tight enough around the ears. I thought he was so adorable. Of course.... we learned a valuable lesson about Super Boy just after these photos were taken. (stay tuned for that little tid bit too)
Kit has freckles!!!! Aren't they cute!?! Don't they totally change her look. I googled an image of Kit (no we do not have the doll but Breleigh has her on her Santa list) and tried to copy the placement of the freckles!!!
Super Daddy!!!!
Yes.... I did turn my husband into Super Daddy!!!!! I have always had a thing for a man in uniform!!!! I love this picture of my two super dudes! I think it looks like Easton is pointing out some injustice that Super Daddy must try to solve. Perhaps one of his sisters was up to no good?
Doesn't duct tape rock? Both my boys wore duct tape super hero belts. I wasted a lot of tape making them because I didn't really know what I was doing but I think it turned out pretty cool.
Super Baby Cannot Fly
While trying to instruct Jim on where to be to get his picture taken with the kids he looked away from Easton, I looked away from Easton and the girls were not holding on to him (not that we told them to do so) and he leaned forward and fell from the top step to the bottom step on his face. Jim lunged for him and caught his cape but since it fastened with velcro at the neck he was left cape and I was left with a rather sad and injured Super Baby. He handled it with courage though. He scraped his head and nose but no goose egg so that is a good thing. Aye Yi Yi Yi! Mother of Year..... here I come!!!
All in All we had a great time this year. I wasn't sure what to be for Halloween so I went as the All American Mom. (Pioneer Mom) The girls liked it and I already had the costume. My mom had made it for me while I was teaching second grade. Thanks to Bre for taking our family picture. Much easier than the tripod we had set up! We got a couple of good shots which is a miracle when you have five people in the picture! I am already looking forward to next year.
