Happy Halloween!

Since Emily was very small, she has been begging me to make her Halloween costumes. And of course this year was no different! This year she wanted to be a devil, but a girly one. So we bought a pattern and some fabric…

And I sewed (notice the champagne? I find that very helpful as I DETEST sewing)…

And she became this:

And Tom did his magic to create his annual masterpiece. Emily chooses his subject every year. Usually it has something to do with her costume, but this year instead she chose to commemorate the newest addition to our family, our conure, Rory. (And instead Emily made HER pumpkin relate to her costume!)

Notice the little taskmaster sitting on his shoulder observing the progress?

It became especially apparent this year that I have absolutely NO skill at pumpkin carving, so I didn’t even bother to take a photo of mine. I’d much prefer to let the outstanding telents of my husband and daughter represent our family here!