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I didn't get a good picture but my boy was the same exact thing! He was so excited because he had "boobs" !

Oh and what a great Spiderman he is, too! How old is your Brennan?

Maxi had a Spiderman costume two years ago and it's one of the things he likes to wear to church from time to time. Some of the other boys also have them, and they plan to all show up on the same Sunday. Then our parish is well protected from all enemies with so many Spidermans on the prowl!

This year Maxi went out as Yu-Gi-Oh! the character so beloved by the 8 to 10 year old crowd, it seems. Maxi's dad spent a fortune on the costume at a specialty shop and it was so shabbily made, I was shocked when we opened the package. The shirt wasn't even hemmed, so it was already ravelling.

So....since Yu-gi dresses in purple, I found a purple turtleneck in almost the exact color and I cut the front off of the expensive costume and hot glued it to the front of the turtleneck, matching up the neck, armholes and sides. Of course I also hot glued it to myself, but, once that was over....I had to apply binding along the bottom edge to stop that blasted fraying it was so bad. Anyway, then I found purple pants in a sweatshirt weight fabric and cut them down for the kid. All of this at the last minute, no less.

So he was resplendant as Yu-Gi and was so so happy about it.

I'm gonna tell my Ex not to waste his cash next year but to give me the dollars and let me go to the fabric store and do it from scratch. MUCH EASIER!

Merme

Brennan was Spiderman 2 years ago, too!
He had a homemade costume then.

Last year he was Buzz Lightyear.

He's 5 years old now...just started school.

Cindy

Hell Hound is STILL guarding his popcorn...
.....27 hours and counting.


Cindy

Welllllllllll, I was ready for Halloween, and I"m still buzzin' on all the candy to prove it!!!

Had an excellant night, my girlfriend came down with her kid and we all went down the street, and they got tons of candy, I left them a bit early and went back to my door, *cause I noticed my husband wasn't answering the door, after I gave him instructions as to what to do,
"LIKE HAND OUT THE CANDY WHEN THE DOORBELL RANG!!! :rolleyes:

Any how, then they all came back and by that time the street was alive with tricker treaters, I like to discribe it, like filming a Stephen King movie, it's all quiet on the street, the wind is bone chilling cold and it runs right thru you, you look up and down the street and not a soul is there, and all of a sudden the wind kicks up and swirls the dead and decaying leaves around in a circle, a mind chilling dazing circle, you're dazed, from the numbing cold, oh, er, um, got carried away there, then all of a sudden some one yells, "ACTION" and all of a sudden the children escape onto the street, running wild in their costumes, with frivolously abandous mad dashes, here and then there. It's a mad house, up and down the street, children in blood drenched clothing, skulls and cross bones, gaping mouths, oh, yeah, little Winnie the Poohs, and Faeries, and Princess's too, and yes, you can't forget the Yu~Gi~Oh's too!!!
With wild glazed stares at your Candy Treat Bowl, can't figure out, which goodie to take, which treat they'll treat their sweet tooth with, and the look of relief, when you tell them, "Take Two".

Oh, I had sooooooooooooo much fun!!!
And what a bonus, I still got some left after, 2 giaganto bags, and 8 bags of assorted candies.
*I can never make up my mind as to what I really want to hand out, so I like to torture the kids, and tell them to "Pick ONE out!!!" and then tell them "To Take Two, they're small"

Weezie

If any of you hear me talking about my niece athena here she is.....I love her so much it isn't even funny....she's at her aunt loz's house all the time--lucky for me she only lives 2 minutes away.....isn't she cute????? Princess Athena....

She's precious! I love the PINK costume!

Is it my imagination, or does she look a lot like YOU?

Cindy

Actually it's funny you say that.....Athena and I got into an argument the other day.....mom has a picture of me at her house when I was the same age and I was showing Athena....I said look it's aunt loz when I was little.....she said No, that's not you....that's Athena.....

That toy she's hitting is the one she was deathly afraid of....she used to say to me...."let's go the back way".....so she could avoid the front porch where it is....finally after weeks of telling her it's just a toy that talks and moves she got up enough nerve to hit it......lol

We have one of those too Loz, ours is a white ghost and it shakes and moans when someone walks by it... I think someone put an end to it last night though, it stopped shaking, gotta have the hubby look at it...???

Athena's very precious!!!!
Weezie

Pictures of Weezie's Scarey Halloween Porch

Weezie, she stole my heart and I'm just her aunt....lol Can't imagine how a mother feels.

That halloween thing is my husbands best friend...lol He is always laughing and setting it off. Next year we'll get the one you have and put it on the other side of the door....

COOL PICS!

Looks like a big job!

Oooo I'd be scared to go on your porch back when I was a kid...lol It looks great My neighbors bring out huge speakers and play music that half the neighborhood can probably hear....lol

Loz, she is such a cutie!!

Weezie, your house looks soooo cool!!

We saw a really cool house last night. They had a complete graveyard, good size. And pumpkins lining the front of the house, up the steps and across the porch, there had to be at least 20 specially carved pumpkins!

I don't remember if I shared pics of my girls in thier halloween costumes. I haven't uploaded the ones from last night yet, but this is right after we got thier costumes last week..





Meg

Meg your kids look great! Glad you posted the pics.

Did they get a ton of candy???

Kids across America are officially on a sugar high I do believe......