Halloween 2008

How's this for prompt? Jack's first Halloween went off without a hitch. I think he had a good time. I know all the grown-ups around him were having one. For some reason I didn't want to just buy him a costume and I couldn't really find one I liked anyway so I took some inspiration from what we already had. Chanda gave him the Twins cap this summer and I thought that a little Twins player would be perfect! Little did I know that finding a plain white t-shirt and pants for a 6 month old would be so hard. But I did plenty of shopping and found what I needed. So this costume is made from regular clothes, iron-on t-shirt transfers and Sharpie markers. And it looks pretty good if I do say so myself!

One of the only smiles of the evening!
"What's goin' on over there?"

I was debating over who's jersey I should copy... Justin Morneau or Joe Mauer. I was leaning toward Mauer because he is a fellow Minnesotan after all but went with Morneau because of the hair. Morneau has blonde hair like Jack and Mauer has dark brown hair with long sideburns. And a Joe Mauer costume just isn't complete without the sideburns so it came down to the fact that I didn't want to have to wash off make-up sideburns at the end of the night!

Derek and Caleb

Caleb went as Ozzy Osbourne. He loves Ozzy! And I love the fact that he actually posed for a picture with the duh-Ozzy expression on his face. As for Derek, I'm not sure what or who he's supposed to be. I was going to fix his red eyes in this picture before I posted it but I think it adds to the costume. Right?

Ajha and Mazzy

Ajha is a snow queen- which is very fitting for Minnesota. And Mazzy had her heart set on being a cheerleader. The only costume Amy could find was one of a Bratz cheerleader so here she is... bratty expression and all!

Ryan and Jenna

And finally my cousin Sara's cute kids. Jenna was an adorable thumb-sucking pirate. And what did Ryan say when asked what he was dressed as? "I'm a cow!" Wow! That's one skinny cow!

He's a big boy now!

Grrrrr!
I left Jack with Grandma Donna tonight so I could do a major grocery shopping trip. So there I am putting flour tortillas in my cart when my phone rings. I see it's my mom so I answer it and she tells me that Jack just bit her! That's right, just grabbed her finger, stuck it in his mouth and bit her. So that explains why he hasn't been eating much lately! He's on his way now! Tomorrow we're going to go and get him a big boy car seat.