Halloween!!!!

like many parents, i think i get almost as excited for halloween as the kids do. nevermind that i feel the need to make costumes and usually end up not finishing them until the morning of trick or treat night, when i'm feeling frantic and scattered.

last year i thought i would take the easy way out and just buy costumes, not being confident in my ability to sew anakin skywalker and obi-wan kenobi outfits, but it left me feeling guilty so this year when the boys were trying to decide what they wanted to dress up as, i tried to sway them towards ideas that i knew i could accomplish.

the older boys finally settled on mario and luigi and i set out in search of patterns and ideas. (this is where i insert the obligatory, "man, i love the internet!" comment.) i knew i wouldn't really need a pattern for the overalls, they're simple enough to cut from fleece and seam up, but i was a little worried about the hats. thought about buying them at the Spirit Halloween store, but at $17 per hat, my "i can make it so much cheaper than that" instinct kicked in.

luckily for me, AmberLee over at Giver's Log had an awesome pattern for the hats. so simple and cute, once i finished sewing them yesterday morning the boys popped them on their heads and never took them off all day, Keegan even slept in his and they decided to wear them to school today! mike said the boys got lots of compliments on their costumes when he walked them around our neighborhood last evening, while i stayed home to pass out candy.

Ash was able to go through the "rubbermaid tote of halloween's past" and picked out a monkey costume that Sky wore a few yrs ago. gotta love hand-me-downs :)