Faye's Baptism

This is the pose she wanted me to take of her outside. She had it all planned out. Hmm, Susan?

She got to wear a dress! Okay, it's not the cutest, BUT it's not a jumpsuit. She also thought that was pretty cool. I didn't even know they let them wear dresses anymore.

The fam. Not loving this picture of me. My hair was poofy that day. And Eric was sure to let me know. jerk.

The brotherhood of the ring... wait, wrong show.

I really surprised myself. I didn't think I would get emotional over Faye getting baptized. I mean, it IS something very important, and one of the first most important decisions she'll make in her life, but I still didn't think I would cry. Well, i didn't, but I really held it back. I think the, uh, let's call it "odd" happenings of the baptism helped. Converts are awesome, they really are, but sometimes they are just... uh, odd.

yet another Witchy Woman and some "evil" Fairies

The witch has now been worn by all 3 girls. I think i've gotten my money's worth. Phoebe was very distraught when her chin-wart fell off. The nose wart however, lasted most of the day. Even when it did fall off, she promptly saved it and told me to "put in back on, Mom!"

Faye said she was an evil Fairy. I guess leopard print equals evil. Don't tell Peggy Bundy that.

The festivities of the day included: Macy's grocery store, Toys'r'us parade of some sort, Sams club (we needed toilet paper, BAD!), and then the mall. I know, i know. I think the mall is kind of lame, BUT it was pouring rain so I figured at least they would get to trick or treat. And finally, when we got home, the rain had stopped, so we.... went regular trick or treating! I had them change into warm clothes and coats. HEy, they had painted faces right? Did I mention they got crap loads of candy?! It was not good for me at all, so last week I just let them go to town. I'm happy to report I haven't touched any candy in about 5 days and it's almost gone.





Phoebe and Gwen's make-up was really "pretty" by the end of the night.

The Ghostess with the Mostess!

We did another adult halloween party this year and I decided long ago I really wanted us to be Beetlejuice and Lydia. Not just the all-too-easy gothic-girl Lydia BUT the Lydia Deetz in the blood-red wedding dress! Lucky me, I found a perfect dress at the DI in august. Well, almost perfect. It was light pink, and I needed RED. I thought i'd be able to figure something out.... eventually. Afer RIT dye turned it sherbet orange, I thought i'd just paint it with acrylic paint. NO thanks! That would have taken forever. On to something else. I saw someone online say they used fabric spray paint because it doesn't smell bad and stays flexible. After one $6bottle did 1/8 of the dress, I gave up and went straight to the Walmarts and bought 3cans of red spray paint. Genuis. Worked like a charm and I got a buzz in the process (headache really). I did have to go get 2 more cans for really good coverage, but at $1.12 a pop I figured it was better than the $60 I'd have to spend on fabric spray paint. And, yes, I smelled like spray paint all night. Small price to pay for FANTASTIC!


Sean's costume was easy - i just bought the costume. Though, being cheap like I am, I was not going to pay $20 for the beetlejuice wig. I found a "gravedigger" wig at Savers brand new for 5 bucks! Just had to give it a trim and spray parts of the hair white. The dickie the costume came with looked really, really lame, so Sean wore an old white shirt and found an ugly tie he never wears and sprayed it black. He likes to act like he doesn't like Halloween and like i'm a freak about it... but really HE was the one all concerned about having his costume look perfect! And, he's the one that sprayed my hair. We're such a good team!


Most people upped the anti on their costumes this year and they were awesome! We also had some great "spooky" (and smelly) food. We did a photo scavengar hunt that turned out really fun. Some groups even got yelled at at Victoria's secret! Now that's a party, am I right?

Scariest costume went to James aka: the 70's runner.


Funniest went to Jason Bronson aka: Chuck Norris


sexiest went to Trina/Amy aka: devil woman/Flapper



Best couple: da da da, dum: yes, us.



lots of other great costumes, just check out the slideshow below: