the dark side

So I had the best intentions of sewing Stuart's batman costume this year. I got the cape finished during the summer for his birthday, but then it donned on me that I am very much a novice sewer. I broke down and bought him 2 star wars costumes (because a boy needs dress-ups too--and they were 60% off). He has never seen the movies or cartoons, but became enamored by the idea of space guys, so he was Darth Vader during the day at pre-school, and a storm/clone trooper at night for trick-or-treating.

We don't take a lot of posed pictures at our house, so when I asked Grace to smile and say cheese...this is what she gave me:

Here is a much more demure princess (yes, her crown/tiara says Happy Birthday, but don't tell her...she can't read)

We joined the Larsen kids for a great night of sprint-candy-collecting. I have never seen so many small children run so fast for a straight hour. The Sellers family (with all 5 kids under 6 years old) joined us too, so we were quite a parade. The kids had a great time (ok, there were a few tears along the way). It was a great bonus to have our first Halloween in 5 years without snow or sub-freezing temperatures.