For some odd reason, my kids don't believe in drawing on their pumpkins before carving, so after cleaning the pulp out of the pumpkins, they got directly to cutting out their gourds.
Saturday evening we brought the finished products to the town square to be judged. (It's not really judged per se -- there were more than 20 awards to be handed out and no child was intended to feel left out.)
Anberly's jack was a dragon that was mistaken for a bat at the contest. She won the Most Haunted Award. (Sorry about the blurry photo... no tripod.)
Matthew's jack was Jack. Teehee... Jack Skellington that is. He added his own little touches to make it more Matthew-esque.
The rest of the weekend I furiously worked on their costumes to get them completed. Anberly's costume was nearly done by the weekend, except for the sleeves on her jacket and her top-hat. The sleeves were completed on Sunday and the hat was not completed until moments before going out the door to trick-or-treat. Whew!
She was (what we called) a Steampunk Chick.
Matthew's costume was started and completed on Halloween day. I was actually fairly impressed with myself!
He was a Black Hand Assassin from the game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This costume was really last minute... he kept changing his mind about what he wanted to be and only on the Tuesday before did he finally settle on this.
We all had a lot of fun this Halloween. Much more fun than last. I am so happy to have had this experience with my children.
Thanks you so much for stopping by! My plan is to update next time with a Project Life post and maybe a shoppe update so I hope to see you again soon.
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