Monday, November 1, 2010

Before I Begin Halloween Recovery

Unlike previous Halloweens, we went for easy this Halloween.

Even so, after making six costumes last week, my house is a wreck.

After splitting an entire warehouse size bag of candy with my husband last week (and having to replace it before Halloween trick-or-treaters came), my stomach is a wreck, too.

Finally, after getting my first cold of the season last week, my to-do list is also a wreck.

So I have a lot of reconstruction this week, I guess I'll see you later.

We all went for things from space this year. Originally I thought we could each choose a planet (since the loss of Pluto's status as a planet, there are eight of them), but the kids had other ideas. I let them go with their own choices. Yes, my kids were geeky to come up with these ideas on their own. Even Matthew. It does a mother proud.

From left to right:
  • A Comet (Elise-13) Elise made her own costume this year, which was really nice.
  • A Quasar (Ryan- 12) If you don't know what a quasar is, look here. Or see one here.
  • An Alien (Ethan- 9) The writing on the side of his control panel says
    "Earth Takeover Handled by Alien Nations"
  • An Astronaut, in pink (Kirsti- 8) Her writing says
    "Keep Intergalactic Rogue Spacemen Terrestrially Interdicted"
  • Jupiter (Joseph- 6) He wanted all 63 moons, but I couldn't figure out how to do it easily. We settles for the 4 Galilean ones, but 2 fell off at the Trunk-or-treat before we took the picture.
  • The Asteroid Belt (Matthew- 4) For some reason this has always been his favorite part of the Solar System. And yes, we have favorite Solar System parts in this household.



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21 comments:

  1. Oh! I am in LOVE with your costumes! What a delight! Good luck recovering!

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  2. Your kids are awesome for having such creative ideas - and a mom talented enough to make them into really great costumes.

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  3. I started reading the definition of a quasar, but got bored after the first two sentences. Everyone looks GREAT!

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  4. You are so awesome and creative! Love them all.

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  5. I did the same thing as Andrea. I guess Ryan is just too smart for us. Great costumes great kids. I took have alot of recovery to do in my house. Good luck.

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  6. Your themed Halloween costumes are the best...I believe I have sent a friend or two over this way to look at past Halloweens for ideas.

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  7. super fun... how come my kids never want to do themed costumes???

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  8. OK, that is really cool. I mean REALLY cool! And now I'm thinking about how to make Jupiter into a costume with all the moons. I'm thinking wire coat hangers painted black and Styrofoam balls. I have metal cutters and I'm not afraid to use them! But I'm a weirdo costumer type person that made a victorian evening gown back in May for kicks (and a competition).

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  9. Awesome costumes! Love the theme!

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  10. I love how creative your kids got!! The costumes turned out great :)

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  11. These might be hands down the best costumes ever. I totally love them!

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  12. Well I think it's pretty awesome that you have favorite solar system parts! Love the costumes! I love that your kids were still cool with a family theme...I just must have a super stubborn eldest child. :)

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  13. Awesome!! We are total geeks here too...except by "we" I mean Ben and me because the kids only know "moon" so far. I know, we are so behind.

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  14. I'm so impressed that your family had a theme to their costumes. Everyone looks great!

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  15. Incredible, Charlotte! You've stunned me again! First the cakes now this! I was going to mention how we always come up with homemade costumes for my kids but I meant more the mom-makeup/ace bandage kind of thing - not the interplanetary galaxies (or whatever!)

    Looks like they had fun!

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  16. I'm with Matthew; the asteroid belt is definitely the best part of the solar system. In fifth grade I theorized that it was created when Mars and Jupiter collided, which sent Mars into its own orbit. I'm sure Joseph knows that couldn't happen, what with Jupiter being only a big ball of gas, but I still like the theory. BTW, did you paint Joseph's Jupiter? Very nice!

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  17. You all look awesome, but where are you and Peter?? Don't tell me you didn't dress up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  18. I love that they are still willing to do themed costumes with each other at this age! Wonderful!!!

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  19. I love these! What a cool idea for a group to go as. I've never thought of it or seen it. Very unique. And fun!

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  20. A new week us here! I hope you managed to regroup!

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  21. I love what they chose! (Horray for geeks!!) And you did an awesome job.

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