Roman Mainers: Happy Halloween!

There are a few more events I need to catch up on like our trip to the beach, and our trip up over 200 some stairs with two kids and stroller, but for now...Halloween!

It's still morning here, but I have everything I need to post about Halloween, because unlike you lucky ducky Americans living the American dream out there in good ol' America, we won't be trick-or-treating tonight. But, fortunately we were able to go to a mad-house of a Halloween party last night. Boy, I always love cramming a hundred or so people in a hot room with no windows (after briskly walking 30 mins to get there). It probably took me about 45 mins to cool down. There were a ton of fairies, a couple bumble bees, spidermen, witches, Mini Mouses, and just one ghost (Ya Stella!).

I wish I could have captured Stellas outfit pre-party, because by the time we made it home for pictures the front half was completely missing. She looked more like an escape from a luny-bin. But still cute.

Who's the one seeing a ghost here?

We had a sheet split in two within the first few weeks of being here, so a few minutes before the party I cut a hole for the head and split the ends. It really was very effective, and without any sewing! I cut a few more little holes and made held some ties to hold the sides together. But its hard to see any of that here.

Pinning her down didn't seem to help the pose.

We got home at about 8:30, and had only eaten junk food for dinner: candy, cup cakes, chips, pretzles, hot dog bites, etc. So trying to get a hyper little one year old to pause for a few seconds was almost impossible. Had I a few more seconds I might have been able to make the costume look more legit.

Then there was Emma's costume, a fairy hand-me-down from my cousin. It was awesome. She even got her face painted, so maybe she was some kind of butterfly fairy by the end.