Halloween 2013 was
muy fantastico this year! We went for the Dora the Exporer theme family costume!!! Both of the boys are
MUY uh-bsessed with Dora!!! It is their favorite show at the time being, and they just love all the characters: Dora, Diego, Swiper the Fox, Boots the monkey…. you name it! It also has to be our most creative family costume so far, because all of ours were homemade!!! There were no Dora the Explorer character costumes to buy online, so we had to make our own! Brad, I mean 'Diego', did a great job coming up with his! A couple wigs, a tube of self tanner and bronzer, and we were transformed into 2 cute Mexican kids: Diego and Dora!
My sewing needles and thread were dusted off as well, and I put my sewing skills (what my mommy taught me centuries ago) to work! I found a $5 fox costume on sale at Old Navy, and sewed on Swiper's infamous blue mask, and had to shorten the fingers on his blue mittens…..
Viola! Then for our adorable Boots: bought a monkey beanie for Jax, as well as a lavender sleeper (its probably the only time you will see him in lavender….. don't think lavender is a good boy color LOL). For his, I sewed on the tan belly material, and we completed the look with red rain boots!
Viola!
A-dorable!!!!
Halloween Week festivities kicked off
with Taj's Preschool Halloween costume parade!
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All the kids sat in a circle in the end, sang songs, and revealed their identities!
The next day, the actual day of Halloween, Dora, Swiper, and Boots set off on an adventure to the library, for a Halloween music class party. The boys enjoyed wearing their costumes practically all day, and their rain boots came in quite handy since it was raining on and off all day!
Another family portrait!
We had Faith, Shawn, and little Paxton over for pizza and beer/wine before braving the wet rain and trick or treating!
The Hricko Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Family!
Then two days later, Brad and I had some costume fun of our own! I mean, isn't Halloween the perfect excuse for adults to play dress up? It was our 2nd year attending the Steen-Nolan Annual Halloween party, and Brad had the idea for us to go as Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson! We were rock glam all the way!
A black long wig, lots of make up, and a Motley Crue leather shirt (that Brad insists used to belong to Tommy himself), Brad became Tommy Lee for the night! And my clip-on blonde hair extensions, 6 pairs of rolled up socks in a red corset, and a pair of hot shiny leggings, and I instantly turned into Pam Anderson!!! NOT! More like Kim Zolciak from the Real Housewives of Atlanta…… LOL
All of our friends, including us, had a laugh coming up with our couples costumes!
