Halloween 2010! and a couple other randoms

Three cheers for being able to post pictures again!

Hip, hip,
HURRAH!

Okay, one's enough.

Okay, is it just me, or is this seriously cuteness overload? (We got out Jason's old snowboots to complete the Popeye ensemble.)

Our ward party was out in the parking lot, which I didn't like much; terrible lighting for pictures.
By the way, Jamie's hat was 49 cents at Goodwill and had Thomas the Train on it, which I simply peeled off and replaced with a piece of fabric I'd painted an anchor on.

Our costumes were a hit. Lots of people complimented us, Jason had a great time hamming it up as Popeye, and people were stopping us at church that Sunday saying, "Hey, weren't you Popeye and Olive Oyl?"

I got the sweater new for ten dollars, sewed the collar and cuffs on, made the earrings out of buttons, and used sticky tape to put the ribbon on a skirt I already had. I've taken the collar and cuffs off the sweater now and plan to wear it in Sacramento--since it's too warm here most days.

These are Goodwill pants that I made into bellbottoms, and I sewed the bib collar thing (I forget the real name of it) myself. I also made the corncob pipe out of a cork and a piece of wooden dowel. We couldn't afford the price the army-navy surplus store wanted for a sailor hat, and I'd already done enough work on the costumes; I didn't want to make one. Oh well.

Just for the heck of it...

Jamie's first tricycle, which his Grandma and Papa Noall bought him as an early Christmas present!
He doesn't actually ride it yet, but he loves pushing the buttons that do turn signals and make music and horn noises.

Good grief, my baby is getting so big!