It's been quite the eventful October, as one might imagine with my Halloween Obsession. Add that with my picture taking obsession, and here you go! Okay, the ghost dogs have nothing to do with me, but if you opened your door and saw that, you'd want to have it forever, right? Okay, they didn't come to my door either. But I love the picture.
First was a Grown-Up Halloween party two weeks ago. I wanted to write
"Adult Party", but that sounds like a completely different kind of party
(wink wink), so I changed it to "Grown-Ups".
Chris and I were the "Sea
Theme" He was Neptune and I was one of Neptune's Sea Goddesses.
We hung
out with a couple of boobs too.Then Mitt and Big Bird showed up, David Bowie and some of his Labyrinth cast, a lot of 80s and music Shout-outs. There were a lot more, but I have enough pictures on here as it is.
See the resemblance? One of the Boobs and Medusa are sisters.
The following Friday was the church Trunk or Treat. Or as I say it sometimes, Trick or Trunk. Who cares. We discovered that Christian was going to have issues with his "Man-Eating Shark" costume. I should have known that my creative endeavors were not going to "mesh" with Christian's sensory issues and idiosyncrasies. My sweet friend that made the costume even made sure the red mesh was thin and soft, but Christian still didn't like it. So we scrapped the costume for that night, and decided to try again at the town Trick or Trunk the following night.
Anyway, back to the church one. Chris and I were in our Greek (actually, Roman...) sea gear.
Neptune and his Lil' Shark buddy:
And the wandering Lil' Land Shark:
And Mikelle, not wanting anything to do with the sea theme was a Goth/Zombie Rocker Chic. I tried to convince her to be a dead zombie Mermaid or something, but it was a no-go. There are more pictures of her from the following night.
Daddy Trick or Treating with Lil' Land Shark. Since our X-man was only 10 months for his first Halloween a year ago, this year was his first real Trick or Treating experience.
Actually, backing up a bit, two days before the church Trick or Trunk, I was on the news regarding a political story. A reporter who used to live in our ward (congregation) and was our home teacher when he did, contacted me and asked me to do the story and I gathered a couple friends.
The link is below. The name of the story is stupid. Dan, the reporter and friend, said he didn't write the headline. And I know he didn't, being LDS himself.
Gotta love the media!
Our names also didn't make it on the TV part of the story due to last minute technical difficulties, but they made it in the written part. I wish more of what we discussed made it on the air. I know we're in a "snippet" news age. But what irritated me, is earlier in the newscast, the two main anchors wasted so much time bantering over a nothing/fluff story, when more of that time could have been used for substance in ours! Oh well. Like I said, gotta love the media!
The link is below. The name of the story is stupid. Dan, the reporter and friend, said he didn't write the headline. And I know he didn't, being LDS himself.
Gotta love the media!
Our names also didn't make it on the TV part of the story due to last minute technical difficulties, but they made it in the written part. I wish more of what we discussed made it on the air. I know we're in a "snippet" news age. But what irritated me, is earlier in the newscast, the two main anchors wasted so much time bantering over a nothing/fluff story, when more of that time could have been used for substance in ours! Oh well. Like I said, gotta love the media!
Click here for story:
These pictures below were taken right before I went to the interview. I was such a nervous wreck, you can see how well managed Alexander was with the pens and markers. He's such a "mimic" and sees me with pens and markers.
I don't know if his obsession with drawing is the mimicry or a real interest in drawing. When I was two, this picture was taken of me drawing, and we can see that it was definitely a part of who I was and who I came to be. However, with Alexander's mimicry, I'm not sure if this indicates a drawing gift/interest or simply just copying what I'm doing. Time will tell I guess!
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| About Age 2 |
Okay, moving forward again: The Town Trick or Trunk or whatever you call it.
We modified Christian's Man-eating Shark costume a bit, but we still ran into his voicing of displeasure. Still, we got these pictures ahead of time.
We modified Christian's Man-eating Shark costume a bit, but we still ran into his voicing of displeasure. Still, we got these pictures ahead of time.
Later, Mikelle joined the "Sea Theme" for a second or two!
Alexander has really gotten past some of the "fear" elements. Especially when Land Sharks meet up with Storm Troopers!
Storm Trooper, meet Shark.
Shark, meet Storm Trooper.
Storm Trooper, meet Shark.
Shark, meet Storm Trooper.
Shark Boy Devil Mom
Shark and Dad Shark (Christian's Costume)
Christian's 3rd Grade teacher sent home a puzzle that if it was solved, it's her address to come trick or treat at her house! Of course Christian solved it without a problem. So before we tackled our neighborhood, we took a short ride to Trick or Treat at her house.
This clearly shows the difference between an elementary school teacher and junior high/high school teacher. An elementary school teacher can do what Christian's teacher did. They can send home a cute spooky puzzle and give the kids a fun prize when they Trick or Treat at her house. A
Junior High or High School Teacher? Pray no students find out where you
live and show up or egg it later.
Land Sharks just before leaving:
And later, Mikelle's friend Freddy Krueger arrived. I mean, her friend Brooke arrived and they did a little Trick or Treating.
And thanks to my friend Shalin who made Christian's costume! In exchange, I did this artwork for her sweet daughter. Some personal details have been blurred so I can post it:
Also, here are my Halloween blocks. I'm going to make more and put them on my Etsy shop a couple of months before Halloween 2013. I'll also make some smaller "Boo Blocks" of only three letters too.
While I'm relieved that some of the craziness of Halloween is over, I'm a little sad too. They're the best decorations and so much anticipation of waiting for it to really show that the heat of summer is over. I don't think I'm going to let it go just yet. Maybe I'll make more "Boo Blocks" now and keep going on Halloween style scrapbooking.
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| Monster Rap |
Monster Rap - Starring Mom as DJ, Dad as Vampire, Christian as Mummy, Mikelle as Witch and Alexander as Green Frankie Monster!
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| SuperFreak |
Super Freak - My least favorite of the three. But Christian as the Skeleton bobbing for apples cracks me up. Starring: Mom as Pumpkin, Dad as TinMan, Mikelle as Flower, and Alexander as the Cat!
Or if that Super Freak link doesn't work, try THIS ONE.
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| Monster Mash |
All three of these are on a public setting, so go on in and view them! If the links don't work, go on my Facebook page and scroll my Timeline until you find them. Like I said, they're on a public setting so they're accessible. JibJab does give you the option to download them, but I'm not spending extra coin to purchase a download of them. I'm not a cheapskate, but I am frugal. The $12 yearly subscription to JibJab is enough!
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