It's about time I sit down and post something, don't ya think?! I have lots of material from July to now, but I'm just going to jump directly to Halloween. Maybe someday I'll catch up on the other things.
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| Olivia got an early start on Halloween with our Main Street Trick-or-Treating. The local business put out bowls of candy for the kids to trick-or-treat. Olivia and Grant (Linley's youngest) had a good time collecting the early morning treats. |
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| Oh, you found Waldo! |
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Now on to the real Halloween Trick-or-Treating! Okay, so I did lose my sanity again this year. Something about Halloween and the thought that making costumes would be fun always over comes me. This time I at least planned ahead and spent about a week working on the girls' dresses. Yes, I made them both. Somehow I thought I would be able to make a better costume for the same amount of money that I would have spent to buy costumes -- what was I thinking?! Well, they were a little pricier, but they are definitely better than discount store costumes.
One thing I do like about Iowa is that the towns specify when Halloween for their town even down to the time (5:30p-7:30p). If you're really up for it you can Trick-or-Treat at least three nights in a row by traveling to different local towns since they mostly schedule on different nights. (No, we are not hard core Trick-or-Treaters. One night in the neighborhood and one Ward Trunk-or-Treat is enough!) |
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| I did the hair, too, and I have a greater appreciation of why Disney named the movie Tangled. |
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| Oh and our little Babe was a mouse, to go with Olivia's Cinderella costume, and because the costume was snuggly warm -- you never know how cold Halloween will be in Iowa. |
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| Yes, her hair glows! |
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| Hope you had a Happy Halloween, too! |
6 comments:
Beautiful! You did a great job, Sharon. You're making happy memories!
those costumes are beautiful! I'm impressed :)
very impressed by the costumes! so...can we borrow some in the future? merri already has a cousin-borrowed costume trend going, now that she used eli and audrie's lobster costume. being a younger cousin could have its benefits! :)
Yes you can, Kaci! You'll have to remind me though. They are play dresses now, so I hope they hold up.
Merri can be a dragon or chicken next year. Wouldn't that be cute! Sharon you are amazing. That's an awesome rapunzel.
Way cute costumes. You done good, Mama!
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