halloween 2011.

sam's preschool class. they had a party and then paraded around the Y, stopping at the different departments to trick-or-treat!


a few of the *wonderful* preschool teachers: bozo, harry, and wonder woman :)


makin' the neighborhood rounds.


campfire girls.


this is a combo of being high on candy and deliriously tired.


happy birthday steve!! if i were going by the candles on your cake, you're 7 now? (P.S. loved the captain america steven!)


L to R:cheetah, dimi, texas longhorn, tigger, cow, austin, cowgirl.

hope everyone had a wonderfully frightening halloween!

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halloween recap.

i started halloween morning out by doing a 12K trail race up in port gamble with several friends. which would have been quite enjoyable, had it not DUMPED rain on us the night before, rendering most of the course slippery and muddy. nevertheless, sunday morning turned out to be *beautiful*, and it was worth braving the mucky trails just for some of the costumes. my personal favorite: the hooters guy. oohhhhh yeah.


pre-race. michael, ruby, dee, audi, me, rocky.


the sun getting ready to poke out at us.


audi and i, post-race. it looks like i have no halloween spirit, but that's just because you can't see the really cute orange and black striped tights i was wearing.


my vote for best costume LOL

and some pics from halloween evening, spent with the fabulously fun Hughes fam. jeff kept nathan company in front of the fire pit in our driveway where they handed out candy, while heather and i walked the littles around the neighborhood.


jeff, nathan, and all the littles. i am still not quite sure what jeff was supposed to be....


daddy and lil' red.


the girls ♥ violet the princess; katie as little red riding hood, and lilyanne as a fairy princess.


katie, pushing sam around on the floor at the Reider's. they thought this was great fun :)

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costume reveal!

VOILA!

here we have the littles' costumes, which have cost me precious blood/sweat/tears the last week or two.





LIL' RED: skirt is made from house on hill road's tutorial with an added apron front. shirt is loosely based on the top of a dress she already has. cape is loosely based on a dress-up cape she has as well. faux corset i just winged it, 2 rectangles of polyester satin crap invented by the devil himself (can you tell i don't like sewing with it?!) with ribbon "lacing" up the front. oh, and the *perfect* basket for the part that i scored at value village for 99₵.






CUTE LITTLE WOLF (as opposed to "big bad", he's just too cute :): found the hat/mitten thingy at a store up in canada. winged the tail and some shoe covers outta gray fleece.


the wolf "gettin'" lil' red.

please-please-PLEASE just don't let it rain on halloween night now!

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