Halloween Party

Tonight was the Halloween party at church. First order of business, get the food ready; worm cupcakes check, chili, check.

Second order of business, costumes. Luckily, this year was fairly easy; Elizabeth (my wonderful sister) bought a costume for Brooke last year after Halloween (great deal on an adorable ladybug costume), Emma was going to wear Brooke's old Indian costume, and Braden decided he wanted to be a soccer player (easy enough, he is on a soccer team). Actually, Braden first wanted to be a window (yeah, your guess is as good as mine), then he wanted to be a doctor (perfect, he still fits into his costume from last year), and then he decided he wanted to be a soccer player; that is until this morning when he informed us that he wanted to be a pirate, not a mean pirate mind you, he wanted to be a pirate who didn't do anything. I'm sure his sudden change of heart had to do with a certain movie we rented last night for Maseda Movie Madness Night (didn't want to wait for the library; I'm like number 21 on the list).

After Braden's change of heart, Rich and I scrambled around to try to put a pirate outfit together. Luckily, Braden had a pair of black sweatpants someone had given us (which he refused to wear), so I cut the bottoms off of them and then cut fringes. We put one of his t-shirts on him with a white church shirt over it with the arms rolled up; he already had a pirate vest, eye patch, and bandanna in the dress up container, so Rich went to the Dollar Store and got a hook, a telescope, and a play gun for $2 (gotta love the dollar store). Next, Rich went to Wal-mart and bought a pirate hat; it was $6 (we figured it was worth the money; we can add it to their dress up clothes), and he picked up a scarf to tie around his waist. Rich then came home with the goods, and he began the pirate creation, completing the look with a drawn on mustache and beard. Once the children were dressed, I scurried around getting my costume ready for the night, and then of course we took pictures.

The most adorable pirate and ladybug I have ever seen:

Where I dare say is our little Indian? Don't worry, pictures of her are soon to follow. She let us know very clearly that there would be no photo ops until the actual party began. In the meantime, may I present to you...

The Pumpkin Thief

I wish I could take credit for the ingenious idea, but I can't; I can only take credit for making the shirt. Rich presented the idea to me; I simply executed the plan.

Once we were all dressed, the food was prepared, the camera was ready, and the diaper bag was well stocked; we all loaded into the van, and headed to the church for fun.

Here are some pictures of our fun evening (including pictures of our little Indian-who is showing quite the attitude in some of her pictures):

(Emma refused to wear the Indian headband that went with the outfit; it was sooooo cute too, well, while it was actually on her head.)

But wait, before I end this tale of fun and frolic, I must present to you the proud winner of the Best Dressed Boy Award.

Drum Roll please!

Here he is, our cute and adorable Braden Maseda, the pirate who didn't do anything;

yet, he does it soooo well.