Halloween Time

Since I have spent 3/4 of the month of October fighting a cold, the kids and I have found ways to keep ourselves occupied indoors.  To do so Owen and I have had a whole lot of fun making Halloween decorations.  I could post individual pictures of all of the different projects, but I think a collage will give yo a good idea and let you see our fun in one big lump:

Part of the fun of Halloween time is not only the decorations, but the costumes as well.  MayLynn's costume was easy.  I just recycled Owen's first Halloween costume (although he was 4 months at the time and she's 7 months, it fit them both : ).  Here's my cute little bumble bee MayLynn:

(to see pictures of Owen as a bumble bee click HERE)

When I first asked Owen what he wanted to be for Halloween this year he very adamantly said, "Captain America!"  And since he didn't change his mind even a little bit, Captain America is who he is this year.  I found the uniform and mask at Wal Mart, but since he's had a whole lot of fun playing around the house with home-made shields all fall, I figured that I would make his shield.  So with cardboard, paper mache and a little bit of paint we ended up with a pretty awesome shield for my little super hero.  And the night before our church Halloween party we had a little bit of fun trying on his costume for the first time:

Here's Owen with his pizza cardboard shield that he's been playing with for a couple of weeks now:

Here he is with his new shield:

And just for giggles, here's a picture of Cape Mask Shield Guy who came to visit that same night:

The next day, as we got dressed up to go to our party, I took a couple more pictures of Owen outside with better lighting so you can see Captain America in all his glory:

I also took a couple of pictures of both Owen and MayLynn together.  Here are my cute little Trick-or-Treaters: