Friday, November 5, 2010
Hirsute plumber and giant toadstool seek princess...
Well, we've just had our first *real* Halloween with Miss Lily. I was determined to do things a little differently this year, starting with what will be our traditional Halloween card. Most of all, I wanted to do a family portrait. Do most people just want to see pictures of the baby? Of course. But how often do you get to see entire families in costume? Besides, we have to take advantage of the fact that we can still dress Lily up as whatever we want. I came to the idea of Mario (me) Luigi (Glenn) and a toadstool (Lily), thinking I could thrift most of our costumes and slap together the rest. Unfortunately, I couldn't find denim overalls Glenn's size, and I had to come to terms with the fact that Lily would never keep a toadstool hat on her head. She won't even let me put a tiny clip in her hair, let alone a puffy hat. Changes were made.
Glenn didn't even bat an eyelash when he learned that he would be the toadstool. In fact, during our photo shoot at the River Legacy Nature Center in Arlington, he was totally into it.
Julie came along to take our pictures, while I tried to tell people what to do.
"where did Glenn go?"
I'm really pleased with how the photos turned out, and doubly pleased with my thriftiness-I spent less than $40 for all of our costumes, and I am so proud that I made them. (Okay, Lily's dress was a birthday gift, but I added the blue gem...) Wasn't she a sweet little Princess Toadstool?
We did our annual pumpkin carving at Julie and Steven's this year-what a blast! Lily got to decorate her first pumpkin using paint pens, while the adults carved out awesome designs. We finished up just in time to light them.
Lily got to pull out the costume again the night before Halloween, when we were invited to the Muhl's Halloween party. We had an awesome time eating cotton candy, taking a hayride, and Lily even picked out a mini pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (with some help from Pops).
I didn't have a costume, but lucky me, Glenn had left his costume in the trunk of my car. So, I got to be the toadstool! Here we are with Dr. Love, a Jabberwocky, and Ol' Metal Mandible.
When Halloween finally rolled around, we were a little Halloween-ed out, as you can imagine. Accompanied by my parents, we spent the afternoon at Boo at the Zoo, where Lily got to spend a little quality time with a sucker, and she fed the birds.
Immediately after this photo was taken, Lily swooped her left hand around and tried to snatch the poor little bird up, which flew off while squawking pitifully.
Here she is, just hanging out on a hay bale, out of the princess dress but with tulle aplenty.
We spent a quiet evening at home; I'm so thankful that she doesn't know what she was missing! Next year, I'm sure she'll be a candy-hoarding mad woman.
Glenn didn't even bat an eyelash when he learned that he would be the toadstool. In fact, during our photo shoot at the River Legacy Nature Center in Arlington, he was totally into it.
Julie came along to take our pictures, while I tried to tell people what to do.
"where did Glenn go?"
I'm really pleased with how the photos turned out, and doubly pleased with my thriftiness-I spent less than $40 for all of our costumes, and I am so proud that I made them. (Okay, Lily's dress was a birthday gift, but I added the blue gem...) Wasn't she a sweet little Princess Toadstool?
We did our annual pumpkin carving at Julie and Steven's this year-what a blast! Lily got to decorate her first pumpkin using paint pens, while the adults carved out awesome designs. We finished up just in time to light them.
Lily got to pull out the costume again the night before Halloween, when we were invited to the Muhl's Halloween party. We had an awesome time eating cotton candy, taking a hayride, and Lily even picked out a mini pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (with some help from Pops).
I didn't have a costume, but lucky me, Glenn had left his costume in the trunk of my car. So, I got to be the toadstool! Here we are with Dr. Love, a Jabberwocky, and Ol' Metal Mandible.
When Halloween finally rolled around, we were a little Halloween-ed out, as you can imagine. Accompanied by my parents, we spent the afternoon at Boo at the Zoo, where Lily got to spend a little quality time with a sucker, and she fed the birds.
Immediately after this photo was taken, Lily swooped her left hand around and tried to snatch the poor little bird up, which flew off while squawking pitifully.
Here she is, just hanging out on a hay bale, out of the princess dress but with tulle aplenty.
We spent a quiet evening at home; I'm so thankful that she doesn't know what she was missing! Next year, I'm sure she'll be a candy-hoarding mad woman.
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