Palmer Halloween Party

Palmer had their annual Halloween Trick or Treat and Party Thursday. I had found this cute scarecrow costume at Once Upon a Child and got rather ambitious when I decided to make Jaina a "Dorothy" costume to go along with it. There was much stress, (since patterns - especially ones I had to change, "selvages," and "gather-stitch" were all pretty much foreign concepts to me before this. I can't even figure out the pattern for and apron I want to make for myself, and I'm pretty sure it's super simple... Anyway.

It turned out relatively well, though we did use safety pins to attach things together in the back. But it's a costume, right? Though Reilly disliked any and all costumes I tried to get him to try on up to this point, I told him we were going to the Halloween party, and there would be candy, and he couldn't go unless he wore a costume. We finally put it on in the parking lot, but he did just fine after that. :)

Here are a few shots of the kids "trick-or-treating" at the different departments:

And posing for Daddy's camera:

Neither of them won anything in the individual age categories, but like last year, they managed to pull off a prize in the "Duo" category. I didn't really expect them to win, but it sure made all the sewing and stressing a little more worth it. ;-) And the gift cards are to their favorite store: Toys 'R Us!

Here is Reilly (and Jeremy) in the 3-year-olds category:
And Jaina in the 1-year-olds:
Going up for the "Duo" category:
It's a good thing she didn't have this face during the whole judging, or they wouldn't have thought she was so cute:
As it was, we celebrated with a Little Caesar's pizza,(because someone forgot to plan dinner with all that sewing)
and had extra bedtime stories! ;-)

The End!