Maddie LOVED being Belle and looked just like her. In fact, at her ballet Halloween party, some other girls saw her and excitedly exclaimed, "Look Mom! It's BELLE!!!"
Aaron decided on our 2008 Halloween costumes back in November of 2007! (Those of you who know Aaron know that he enjoys Halloween even more than he does Chrismas.) Maddie's dress was borrowed. Aaron made his mask all by himself! My mom helped him sew the gold lapel onto a DI jacket, and his gloves were left over from his wolf costume last year.
Aaron began work on Kennedy's Chip costume over the summer when he bought a plastic flower pot and hollowed out the bottom. She wanted nothing to do with it at first, so he spent several days just getting her used to the idea. He discovered it helped to have Maddie wear the Chip costume a few times so that Ken would think it was fun.
Several months ago, Aaron found the Mrs. Potts costume for sale on craigslist for $40. He visited the owner's home to check out the costume, but was turned off because he immediately smelled cigarette smoke and pets. He told the owner such, since she had listed the costume as coming from a "smoke-free, pet-free home." He said he would have to think about it, and she ended up giving the costume to him for free since she was moving and wanted to get rid of it!
Aaron began work on Kennedy's Chip costume over the summer when he bought a plastic flower pot and hollowed out the bottom. She wanted nothing to do with it at first, so he spent several days just getting her used to the idea. He discovered it helped to have Maddie wear the Chip costume a few times so that Ken would think it was fun.
Several months ago, Aaron found the Mrs. Potts costume for sale on craigslist for $40. He visited the owner's home to check out the costume, but was turned off because he immediately smelled cigarette smoke and pets. He told the owner such, since she had listed the costume as coming from a "smoke-free, pet-free home." He said he would have to think about it, and she ended up giving the costume to him for free since she was moving and wanted to get rid of it!
We've enjoyed the unusually warm temperatures here for the month of October. It was the warmest Halloween we ever remember, and the girls had fun trick-or-treating.
Kennedy only went to a few houses, and then stayed home to help me pass out candy. She would sneak fistfulls of suckers and go hide them in various places in the house. So far, I've found them in her diaper bag and in a kitchen drawer, and I'm wondering where I'll find them next...
Aaron's mask started out as a Chewbacca mask that he originally tried to paint to look like the beast. Here is what it looked like one week before Halloween:
He wasn't too happy with the painted mask, so he decided he needed real fur. I think he did a great job! What do you think?
