Friday, November 1, 2013

Who Let That Woman Out Of The House?

A few years ago, I began making the kids' costumes. I had a problem with anything I found in the store. Several problems, actually. The first was that they were all so expensive for a single night out. The second was that the costumes were so cheaply made. And the third issue I had was that as my girls got bigger, their only options seemed to be pornographic characters-- slutty witch, sluttier maid, slut this , and slut that. I had issues, I tell you.

So I did some research and came up with a few ideas. These are costumes from 2010. I guess we've gone a few years in between.







And this year's pictures of the kids. We obviously reused the pizza costume. Sissy was a Chia head on an end table and Baby was a tea party.





And now, I have to include this today.





Oh yes, I did.

 Unfortunately, Mr Farmer didn't get any close-ups. I had a gob of lipstick on my front teeth and my make-up was horrendous. Funny thing was, we wore these to a Halloween alternative at our church. Oh yes, I did. And no one recognized me. Apparently wearing glasses is a good enough disguise to fool people from Missouri. (just kidding all those of you from MO♥)

We would have had a sweep of the prizes, but they wanted to include others so we took two out of three of the prizes. It was a fun night. It was a blast having kids come up to me and bringing their friends to show them my backside and giggling as they walked away. I suppose it happens on a regular basis, but this time I wanted them to laugh at it.

6 comments:

  1. I have no words.

    OK, one word....BRILLIANT!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Our pastor was speechless, too. He'd get a word out, or half out, and then start laughing and have to start over. We're already thinking of ideas for next year.

      Delete
  2. Is this really how we act when we get old? Love the costumes. Good job.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes, yes it is. I thought you of all people would know how old people act! ♥

      Delete
  3. I so agree with you on all counts with store bought costumes!! I love the homemade ones and yours were fabulous!! I loved yours the best though, that really cracked me up!! Great job mom!!

    ReplyDelete