Saturday, November 01, 2008

Trick-Or-Treat!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!


Here are my two most favorite pumpkins that I carved this year. I told you, I'm enjoying trying new things! The top one I got from a book Pumpkin checked out of the library. The bottom one is my own idea.



Tonight (I know it says it's November 1st, but that's only because I'm up past midnight...) we went trick-or-treating. And at the last minute, I decided to dress up too!

This was the first year, ever, in my whole life, that I dressed up. I was going to go as a fairy, since I have a good skirt and I could borrow Pumpkin's wings. But they didn't fit well and when I mentioned to a friend that I'd love to have Pumpkin's pirate costume (which I got at the Outpost - our church's hand-me-down place) she said she had some stuff that I could use and so I became a pirate! Which spurred Rugger to become one two and she brought some of her son's old stuff over for him.

Birdie is a fairy and Booger is a train engineer.



Rugger tried on the pants, boots, and belt I was planning on wearing,



So I got him another shirt and pants he could wear,



Until our friend brought over the "real" pirate costume he just HAD to wear!


My Hobbies Expanded

I ended up buying some Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty after all, and I entered the contest for 2008. Here's my entry:



I also ordered some needle felting kits online and made this lion for Rugger, who chose the colors:



I'm really enjoying trying out new things, and it helps me not dwell on my lack of clay contact!