Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year. We went to parties on Fri. and Sat. nights, so we had plenty of time to celebrate. We did skip the actual trick or treating on base since Ian is still too young for candy and I have no self control with sweets.

Ian actually had two costumes this year. I wasn't sure if we'd get his Turkish costume in time, so we also had a back up.

Here are our 1950s costumes:


1.5 hours before our first Halloween party, Ryan still did not have his costume ready. He went to the local Japanese Goodwill to find a leather jacket a la Fonzie. He came home with a leather jacket a la Bill Cosby. It looked like it was straight out of the 1980s. I thought he was joking, but no, this was the jacket he picked out. Apparently he didn't watch enough Happy Days in his childhood. So...45 minutes before the party we made another trip to the Goodwill and found this jean jacket that actually fit. Whew!


Ian was practicing his "I'm too cool" look all night. It's hard to tell from the picture, but we had his hair slicked to the side. His comb-over hair worked perfect for the 1950s style.



Yes, my hot pink skirt had an actual poodle on it.


For party number two, Ian sported his Turkish costume. It came with a hat, but the hat was off within 5 seconds of putting it on. Ryan somehow managed to catch him right before he took it off:


Ian loved the costume, though. Who wouldn't when you look this good?


At the parties there were a lot of great costumes. Here are a couple of my favorites:


The Anthony family went as characters from Peter Pan. Hallie made all the costumes. Brilliant! (the Crocodile is also an Ian - he's 3 months younger than our Ian)

The Putaansuus went as Minions from the movie "Despicable Me." I haven't seen the movie yet, but the costumes are impressive.