Las Vegas Mama

Halloween ended up working out quite well, despite my Halloween mojo being dead! We went to a Halloween party at my brother in law's house for the evening and then went Trick or Treating in their neighborhood. Here are some pictures of our costumes. Ivy reigns as Marie Antoinette Violet is a cake, but since we didn't give her real cake to eat she got mad. Here they are sitting together. And here they are walking up to their aunt and uncle's house for the Halloween party. So what did I finally decide to dress up as? Well... it didn't match the girls at all, like Phillip did with his princely cape. I pulled it together the day before Halloween by raiding my mom's house. Suddenly there was a big perk to the fact that they don't get rid of old stuff. Side ponytail? Check. Blazer with big shoulder pads? Check. Bright forehead bandana? Check. Frosted lipstick and blue eyeshadow? Check. Tapered jeans tucked into scrunched tube socks? Check. ...

My Halloween mojo is dead. And not in a cool zombie undead way. I mean dead dead. I usually love Halloween and relish in the thought of spookifying the house. Phillip and I usually try to come up with clever themed costumes, like the year we went as the Culture of Japan. I was a red paper crane, Phillip was a bonsai tree, and Ivy was a sushi roll. This was pre-Violet, otherwise she may have ended up as a high tech toilet . The Japanese love their fancy toilets, what can I say? But this year I never did get around to decorating the house, and we never came up with the themed costume idea. I basically had to think up something on the fly because I "got with it" it way too late. So we decided that Ivy would be Marie Antoinette, using this gown, which I had already made: So all I have to do it give her an updo, powder her hair white, powder her face and add a little rouge, and viola! That took care of that. But what about Violet? Hmmm.... Marie Antoinette... Let them ...

I need help figuring out what to dress the girls for Halloween. Traditionally (and by traditionally I mean in the last 3 years), we have been very creative with costumes and we make them ourselves rather than buy them. But this year I am having costume-block. We usually like to have the girls in a theme together, like last year when they were insects (a spider and a dragon fly). Here is the dragon fly from last year: But this year I am drawing blanks. Can anyone out there offer me a unique or creative suggestion??? Otherwise they are going to be princesses, which for them is not that special because they dress up as princess on a daily basis!