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!