Halloweenie!

Dyleva knew what they wanted to be for Halloween in July.  Eva was so excited!  She wanted to be Belle.  And so she asked Dylan, "Hey Dylan, do you want to be the Beast?  You should be the Beast Dylan!  You would make a great Beast!"

"Ok." Dylan replied nonchalantly, as if he was agreeing to chicken for dinner. 

And so it began.

You would think having four months to prepare for the big day, that it would go flawlessly.

Well, thank goodness we had the Halloween party here last week, because it gave Eva's gown an opportunity to fall to pieces.  (Rather than in school in front of her classmates.)

I tried to repair it, got frustrated, and then called every Party City in WNY. 
It appears there are no costumes a week out from Halloween.  Probably because all the good parents already had their children's costumes ready to go, and did not wait until last minute. 

So it looks like I had to fix the gown.  Jeff and my mother both suggested gluing it, which I laughed at.  But, it actually helped a lot!  I also re-sewed all the frayed rayon at every seam, and raised the gown about six inches.  It took me all week!  Stupid dress.

It made it through the big day, and now we can burn it. 

As for Dylan, his costume was more work initially, but lasted much longer- from paper mache horns to creating a tail.  He was one cute, ferocious beast!



Both ninos had parades and parties at their schools.  Later that night we went to Tia Rhonda's house to trick or treat with our cousins.  The rain didn't stop the collection of candy, but the long day of partying, may have been the reason it ended by 6:30!