Halloween Shenaniganery

Thing Three was a sumo wrestler with some added gloves and his red crocs. 

Thing One headed off to scoop ice cream in costume. Yes, Link. Again.

Thing Two, celebrating his 18th birthday in style,  was the Black Knight from Monty Python. He even tied for second place in the costume party competition. 

And I'm not sure where the Tuscan Raider (Star Wars canon) came from, but you can bet there are snow pants on under the brown pants and a Carhartt under the outer layer. It snowed right before trick or treat and was a fabulously frosty 33 degrees. Grandmama informed me it was 23F with windchill. Very different from last year's balmy warm sprinkles!

Dada was a lumberjack and we visited thing one before taking the boys to their party and trick or treating. We had a great night. pray for teachers everywhere who are dealing with excessive amounts of sugar today!

 

Trick or Treat 2013

 

The kids were a "chocolate skellie", dark Link, and regular Link. Once again, for those of you who've missed it, Link is an elven character from The Legend of Zelda, Carrie's obsession since she first played the video game. Somehow she convinced Liam to be dark Link, who apparently is evil and has a black face with red eyes. I'm hoping this passes and quickly.

I was a gypsy (which is, yes, politically incorrect), but I already owned everything for my costume so I'd call that a win.
 

 

 

"...not the one who needs defending..."

If you haven't already heard this story, you'll be glad you came to the blog today. Carrie's best gift this Christmas was a sword. Yes, you read that right. Her friend Isaac, who moved away at the end of the second grade school year, found this sword and told his mom he wanted to get it for Carrie. His mom, Rebecca, contacted me and we okayed it. When she found out it was an actual stainless steel blade, she obviously contacted us again! EEEEEEEP. We agreed it'd be a splendid piece of decorative art for her bedroom wall ONLY. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves and you can decide what she thought of Isaac's gift. It is an exact replica of the sword used by Link in the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. If you remember, Carrie was Link for Halloween. Thank goodness Christmas comes AFTER Halloween is all I can say!

Trick or Treat 2011

Damon doesn't look too sure about this whole deal.

"Oh, I get it. Liam's Bumblebee Transformer, and Carrie's Link from the Legend of Zelda!"

"Now who's got the goods?"