Hurrah for Halloween!

Hurrah for Halloween...the best darn day of the year to be a kid, if you ask me!

Last Saturday we held our annual Halloween party. This year we had a superhero theme and asked our friends to come dressed as either a superhero or a supervillain--either an established character or one of their own design. Our friends were such good sports and so creative; I loved seeing their costumes! You can see two of them here and here. As for Quin and me, I knew what I was going to be the minute we started planning the party back in September, but we didn't come up with Quin's costume until a few days before the party. Here we are:

Quin is Michael Phelps, the closest thing we may have to a real-life superhero with the whole super-speed thing. I'm The Junker (not to be confused with The Joker). I wore a utility belt loaded down with a bag of quarters, a tape measure, my kitchen collectibles identification book, a bottle of hand sanitizer and a flashlight for looking in dark estate sale basements, and my 'cape' was a vintage apron!

We had fun decorating our house to be The Secret Lair. We constructed the ubiquitous superhero Giant Wall of Screens on one wall of the front room, had a Secret Disguise lab with funny glasses, hats and wigs, and my favorite--'autographed' photos of some of our favorite superheroes! (Click on the photos to enlarge so you can read the writing)
The party was such fun and we're already planning what to do next year!

We did a bit of pumpkin carving this year with Maren but kept it to the standard jack o' lantern face, unlike my brother Kristjan who whipped up this little piece of produce magic:

Isn't that awesome? He and my other brother made up the pattern in Adobe Illustrator. I actually suggested that my brother dress up as Prince this year--and as my bro is a 6'5" blond white guy, that has the potential to be pretty darn hilarious! Not sure where he'd find a purple velvet bullfighter suit with a 40" inseam, but maybe he'll come up with something.

And one last decoration from around my house:
When I bought this urn at the thrift a few months ago I knew I wanted to use it to display a pumpkin! I meant to put Spanish moss under the gourd and use a white pumpkin, but neither thing happened and it's too late now. Maybe next year!

Today I need to make a quick run to the thrift to hopefully find one final piece for tonight's costume (I'm dressing as something different from the Junker). Tonight we'll fairy princess-ify Maren and then head to Trunk or Treat at the church, followed by a bit of trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. The weather here should be gorgeous and we're looking forward to a FUN night. I wish you all the same!!!