Halloween Costumes 2012

We got good use out of the kids' Halloween costumes this year! The pic above is just before they headed out trick-or-treating with J.

R was Hermione from Harry Potter, complete with a black grim-reaper robe J found on sale, a scarf that Grammie crocheted for her, a "Gryffindor" badge R and I drew together from an image we found online, and a stick J picked up in the Poconos.

RUS told J he wanted to be a super-hero. When J asked him which one, RUS said, "Red one!" and he stuck to it, so we made him a big red "R" (R for Red and R for RUS!), pinned it to a red shirt, had him wear red pants, and found this red hoodie complete with a very super-heroish mohawk.

The kids wore their costumes for their school parties as well as for a Halloween party hosted by one of my coworkers, whose kids are absolutely gaga for Halloween. We made a dirt cake, decorated with gummy worms and tombstones that R drew and that we taped to toothpicks, to bring along. Here are the kids helping decorate before the party.