Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween 2010

So this year the girls were a gypsy (Abra) and a little black cat (Thalia). The fun kicked off on Friday, when they had a Halloween Parade at the school. Here's Thalia getting ready for the parade:


and then Abra coming out with her friend Maddy:


Here are the kids parading down the street:


Then on Saturday, Thalia and I made a scarecrow. Thalia was a bit skeptical about my scarecrow making credentials, but in the end it turned out pretty well! We put a plastic pumpkin on his head, and filled it with lights, and then draped chili pepper lights around him (why? why not!?!). And we topped it off with a "Psycho Killer" baseball cap -- one that previously belonged to none other than Tommy Lee (thanks, of course, to Ant Cat for that one!) -- what could be scarier than that?

Thalia poses with the scarecrow:


And here he is all lit up:


And then tonight it was time to get ready for Halloween parties and trick-or-treating. Brenna applied the whiskers to the little black cat (love that tail!).


And here they are all ready to go!

So off the girls went, first to their Halloween parties, then trick or treating with Brenna. They got quite the haul. I stayed home and manned the candy station with Mr Scarecrow and the pumpkins:


5 comments:

mimi said...

Abra is a beautiful gypsy, and Thalia reminds me of
Torval, the greatest black cat ever. You & Thalia can
give scarecrow-making lessons, he & the jack-o-lanterns are very Halloweeny. Bravo.

Chris said...

Careful, Mom. Nelson -- the *real* best black cat ever -- would like a word with you....

Anonymous said...

Nice costumes! great pumpkin carvings! and a the chili peppers on the scarecrow was a nice touch...Ant Cat?

Yiannis said...

Abra, was Thalia mewed the tune dance gypsy dance?
much love to both of you. Papou Yiannis

on the deck said...

Love the creativity herein. I remember going as a gypsy, but nothing as royal as Abra's gypsy. I thought Sam was the great black cat prince, Mom? Love you all, aunt p