Better late than never, right?
Timmy and I enjoyed carving our four pumpkins this afternoon. I’m so proud of Timmy, this year he offered to do everything but got really nervous about gutting the pumpkins. So I did it for him…because I’m a sucker for that stuff.
It was the saddest thing, not being home for my boys’ Halloween. I did my best to decorate the house — complete with a fresh batch of tree ghosts — but was away by the time my sons had their school Halloween parties, and other Halloween events (such as Jacob’s first boy-girl birthday party with … Read more
I love my ghosts! Last year my ghost door hanging and my 10 hanging ghosts got moldy from one too many humid Florida Octobers. So I trashed them rather then packaging them up with all of our costumes for a year. This year I decided to make another batch of ghosts…and I figured I’d share … Read more
First of all, let’s show a recovering Dave this evening, happy after a Panera sandwich and chocolate brownie. My poor guy had to go 36 hours without food. While that stinks for most people, those who know Dave well can imagine how it must have been for him. He’s recovering normally (i.e. very sore for … Read more
Jacob and Timmy wore their Halloween costumes to school today. It turns out Jacob and another classmate both happened to have “Luigi” costumes. In fact, I got a picture of the two of them! From 2010 10 29 Timmy Jacob Halloween Parade 2010 The boys had a good time with their Halloween parade at school, … Read more
This weekend we finally took some time to get into the Halloween spirit. Friday we went to the Bellevue Pumpkin Patch to choose the family pumpkins, then the boys had a chance to wear their Halloween costumes both Saturday and Sunday. First of all, if you like this picture below, then click the link here … Read more
I’ll have pictures of the costumes later this week, the kids have the 1st of 4 Halloween events this Saturday! The 2nd set of overalls were much more difficult mostly due to a finicky bobbin and a sewing machine that desperately needs a tune up. I switched to a red-threaded bobbin out of frustration and … Read more
*Wondering where the title comes from? So here’s my hat trick for the boys’ Halloween costumes. We were fortunate to have a green ball cap in the house (from when Dave was on the crew of the New Hope Valley RR in North Carolina) and we have several red NC State ballcaps, so it was … Read more
I still need to fit the side buttons and hem the legs, but here’s the first set of overalls.
Let the sewing begin!!!