To be or not to be...a fireman, a pirate.....

Rebecca decided several months ago that she wanted to be Padme, because: "Princess Leia is kind of rude and mean. So I like Padme better." Rebecca's costume was a second hand store special. Easy peasy and she looked perfect.

I thought it would be fun to do a whole Star Wars family dress up, but one day after watching Peter Pan Joseph decided he was going to be Captain Hook. So then I bought pirate stuff at the dollar store. We were set. Or so we thought.

We were in another store and Joseph saw the fireman outfit and announced very emphatically: "I want to be a fireman for Halloween. I changed my mind." Once again we were set. Or so we thought.

Last night we were out at the toy store looking for something unrelated to Halloween, when we saw a Yoda costume for a really good price. Warren and I couldn't resist, and since Theo didn't have a costume yet, Yoda it was. We had been trying to decide what we would be. I didn't want to spend much, but I do love dressing up but time was almost out. We decided it would be cool to be jedi knights and we thought we could just make the jedi robes for ourselves.

Well, that would have been a good plan if Joann's didn't have two lines that were going to take a half hour each, plus $40 for fabric. That plan was quickly nixed and we left the fabric store. We opted for making do with the stuff we had at home. Free.

I pulled out my sewing machine (mind you, I really don't know how to sew yet), read the instructions on how to wind a bobbin and thread the needle and voila, an hour later I had completed my first bonefide Halloween costumes. Jedi knight outfits for Warren and me. Not the robes, the clothes they wear under the robes. We were literally getting down to the last minutes so I didn't even take the time to cut off the strings, but I don't think anyone noticed or cared.

As Joseph saw us get dressed he suddenly decided: "I want to be JangoFett!" which was a costume I had purchased at a second hand store just for fun for him to dress up in. But our little perfectionist was not going to let us get off lightly. He said: "I need a blaster pack." Luckily he has a creative dad who dumped the 72 hour kit out on the couch and stuck a sword coming out the back and in two minutes Joseph now had his blaster back. It was the right color and looked really cool. Wow. Are we amazing or what?

We had a fun trunk-or-treat at church and now we can relax and put all the decorations away till we do this again next year. But the pirate and fireman costumes? Don't worry, they have already gotten played with and I'm sure that's not the end of them. After all, when you're three you can be anything you want to be.



That's one cute little Yoda!






The newest Jedi council. Two Jedi's, Yoda, Padme and Jango Fett.



Rebecca and friend Emily as Mary Poppins



Truck-or-Treating with Great-Grandma Darlene

Ahoy Matey

Halloween 2009

We had a great Halloween, with school and church activities and fun with friends.

Walking off the stage at the school parade. Look at that hair.
That was the crowning glory of her costume.
Thank you dollar store!

Our little Buzz Lightyear.
(I've had this costume for 2 years, just waiting to be worn!)

The decorations

After trick-or-treating: do NOT take my picture, he says.

Some of our little rascal friends.

Sharing some of my Halloween story collection.

Joseph's first Trick-or-treating experience

It's dark, but watch what happens when Joseph goes trick-or-treating for the first time!

Halloween Day

I helped out with the Halloween Activities at Rebecca's school today. Recess was still going on when we got there. Joseph was just hanging out with the crowd.








Rebecca leading the parade






Later we went trick-or-treating as a family. We went to a house that a friend had told me about where it was decorated like crazy. Pirate theme. It was amazing.

When we first started trick-or-treating Joseph kept walking into people's homes when we knocked on their doors. He soon learned and even had his own version of saying "trick-or-treat." Rebecca was super polite and always remembered to say thank you. Good girl. Happy Halloween Everyone!!! What a great day.

Jack-O-Lantern and Music Makers Halloween

More Halloween activities in the Williams household. Rebecca actually did a lot of the carving this year. I was a little worried but it all turned out okay (meaning, she didn't cut herself!)

Music Makers group. (Do you like the little kid who dressed up like me? J/K Joseph wouldn't let go of me that day.)



Let's get to work. (Note the little hand drawn face on the side- Rebecca did that.)



I thought her face was so funny. She wasn't upset, she was just concentrating really hard.



Mission accomplished!



A cutie in a pumpkin hat

Trunk-or-treat

We had our traditional Trunk-or-treat at church. This year's costumes were the easiest yet. We decided on them right before we went. This morning we went to Knott's Berry Farm where they passed out the Pirate Gear. Joseph's superman costume consisted of his bathing suit, his sister's tights and his daddy's old cape from many years ago. Rebecca wears costumes all year long, so it was just a matter of picking which one she wanted. Couldn't have been better. We had a great time.



Ahoy, Matey!



The Snake and her Charmer- our friends Rachel and JD



Hook, Robin Hood and Jasmine



One cute Jasmine and one serious Superman



Even Superman gets tired sometimes.