This decision went back and forth over a couple of days. Vampire. No, ghost. No, vampire. Until, in a flash of brilliance, Leah suggested that Rachel be the ghost of a vampire that died. I thought about going into the whole "undead" thing, but then decided just to tell them that it was a great idea.
So here are the scary vampire:
And a scary vampire ghost:
And a selection of pumpkins that the girls' father carved for them:
Pretty cool, I think.
A bit of sad news though, Halloween marked the loss of a family member. R.I.P. Steve.
Oh, and one last thing. It is a Really. Bad. Idea. to stay up late on Halloween night reading a Stephen King book alone in bed when you're the only one up in the house, and the wind is rising and all kinds of creepy noises are coming from Outside Your Bedroom Window, and the girls are muttering and tossing in their sleep, and you're sure you heard something moving in the garage. Seriously, don't do it. I think it was after one this morning before I fell asleep, with the Daily Show on the TV up loud to drown out the sounds of possible zombies/axe murderers/alien monstrosities/Steven Harper lurching, stalking, oozing, or waddling towards my bedroom.
Count my daughter in the princess club, LOL. Bridget wouldn't dream of being something scary. There were 4 princesses in her class this year. Fortunately Annika was the only chicken, LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat costumes and pics!
Sara
Wow. Those are some impressively scary costumes. My daughter, Snow White, would have been suitably frightened.
ReplyDeleteI love those pumpkins! One of these years I'm going to try carving one. Perhaps I'll start with some triangle eyes and nose, though.
Great costumes! We had "cute" ones here but that's just fine by me!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics. Riley is the same, she wanted to be something scarey. She ended up being a *dead* bride. The girls costumes were great!
ReplyDeleteGreat costumes! I agree with your girls--halloween is NOT for princesses! That said, I had a monkey and a leopard--not scary, but certainly original for our neck of the woods--I didn't see another animal costume the entire evening!
ReplyDeleteGreat costumes and pumpkins! My condolences on the loss of Steve.
ReplyDeleteGreat costumes! My girls aren't into the face paint, and one is actually allergic, so we don't get to do that.
ReplyDeleteThe pumpkins are AMAZING. Wow.
My condolences about Steve. He had lived a long life ... in fish years.
Oh wow, those are some spectacularly scary costumes, and your pumpkins put our sunken, melty-looking attempt at Darth Vader to shame!
ReplyDeleteWhich Stephen King are you reading?