Happy (belated) Halloween

Living in the country... Halloween's a little bit of a hassle. But well worth it.

I have to bring Jack to Kindergarten at 1:00 and then I just stay in town all afternoon, because to go back home and then back to town at 3:30 doesn't pay. So we planned our costumes a couple of days before. We make our costumes. Not MAKE as in sew... but MAKE as in compile existing items into a costume. This year Molly wanted to be a witch, Jack wanted to be a cowboy (surprise) and Max (who's 3) wanted to be Burt Reynolds from Smokey and the Bandit. Really.

So we got our stuff ready. My aunt was going to face paint Molly and Max (a mustache for Max).
Sent the Molly to school. Sewed up some "treat bags". Bought a velvet witch hat at Walmart (the only item we bought) and brought all their costumes to town. Dropped Jack off at school.

Meanwhile Max takes it to start playing "kitty" all day.

After school they got changed and went to get their faces painted.
Max now went from Bandit, to a kitty, to a policeman. I wasn't prepared for that many changes, so basically Max went costume-less... no mustache... just a car and a star painted on his cheek!
Molly got some spiderwebs and spiders on her face and Jack got a sheriff star and a house (don't ask me why... I don't know) on his hand.

It was so terribly cold. We just drove to family and friends. But they had SO much fun! Wanting to visit all their friends houses. Lots of fun... but short. Bedtime creeps up so fast!








Note: Jack has a rope ("lasso") but no horse. He wanted to be the kind of cowboy "that's from Texas and drives a Peterbilt"!!!