They're creepy and they're kooky...

They're creepy and they're kooky

Mysterious and spooky

They're altogether ooky

The Golding Fam-i-ly

We Halloweened with the best of 'em this year...

Complete with pre-holiday festive wear

A few spooky lunches

And a fun night of trick-or-treating with neighborhood friends

For weeks, Elle had adamantly requested to be a sheet ghost. Completely baffling to me, as I really pegged her for more of the sparkly sequined or otherwise over-the-top something type. But nope, every plea I made to get her to traverse the aisles of Target looking for a suitable (i.e. pre-made) alternative was met with dramatic resistance, so Sheet Ghost it was. Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, unless you're a sewing misfit like me. My talents lie in creative food art, clearly not any sort of fabric manipulation. I started with a sheet, measured out length, arm holes, and facial orifice holes. Not sure what went wrong with the latter, but the ghost ended up with just enough hypertelorism to significantly limit her peripheral vision. Any slight movement of the unsecured costume on her head led to complete vision loss, and the subsequent disaster you might think would result from a blindfolded child running through the neighborhood with an unevenly cut sheet entangling her feet. She was a trooper though, and took full responsibility for the costume decision. She steadfastly adjusted it and perservered until the last couple of houses when she relented and went as a white turtleneck and tighted.... marshmallow? At this point she sheepishly said, "Mommy, you were right. Being a ghost is hard. Next year, I think I'll be something else". 

Elise chose agreed to be a butterfly, reusing a costume her sister donned in a Halloween of yore. She was adorable, and LOVED the concept of running up to the houses and filling her bucket. She even said her version of "Thank you" and "Happy Hawoweeee!" 

Da-da-da-dum. Da-da-da-dum.
The Golding Fam-i-leeeeeeee