Halloween before the party

As a child I did not much like Halloween, it was always a bit of a disappointment. But as an adult with more control I think it is a fun little tradition. As a young child we would go to Woodland Hall and the community club would have a party for all the kids in the community. That was fun, but it stopped happening when I was around 10. From that point on it was just another day and I felt left out of the loop. But now, I get to be part of the loop and I completely enjoy the whole build into the candy rich festival.

The season started for me when I was able to participate in the selection of Garret's first Halloween costume. He will be a duck tonight in a costume hand made by his mom with his Grandmother watching on. It will be fun to see the finished results in pictures. The costume was cute, but the hat was the defining part of the critter, and the hat was not done when I left. And, true to the age, he is not fond of keeping hats on his head. Putting them on is fine, but keeping them on is a totally different story.

Linda and I made J-boy and cute little Chef costume that pleased him and looked really good. He got sick on Friday so I am pretty sure he didn't get to wear it to his pre-school and that was sad. But there is a church function tonight and, if all are well, I know he will enjoy wearing it there. And I don't know what Logan is wearing, but it will be cute, of that I am sure.

And then the biggest chunk of family, the Campbell contribution. Kristin is wearing Nancy's pioneer trek gingham dress and looking amazing. We had to shorten it a bit but it is going to work just fine for her. She also had another costume for the M.S. band concert, she was asked to do an interpretive dance to one of the songs and dressed in gypsy garb...i.e. an old dress I found and cut up and made into a flashy skirt etc. She looked great and Danced well too. Peter is donning a funky wig (Captain Jack Sparrow), a home made shirt with black laces up the front, a detested pair of church pants cut up and other stuff. Stuart is the Ninja and is pretty much going in black. Claire is the princess. We made her a wonderful costume with lots of Tulle and fluff, a coned hat with tulle coming out of the top, the whole thing. She is so cute and the costume is just as cute. Amy is the little fairy princess complete with wings and flowers...a purchased costume that is perfect for her.

I took Amy with me on Friday to play with the "Fun Band" at the senior center for their monthly dance for the altimers patients (no spell check help but you can figure it out) and seniors in general. She entertained everyone and got out on the dance floor and did her hokey-pokey along with the rest of them. She is really good in front of people and found a whole room full of grandparents a good place to be. I think I will take her back with me when I help out again. We made a good team!

And now I need to collect myself and be of some help to someone. Emily is in charge of the whole thing tonight so her plate is really full. She is good at this kind of thing, however, so I am sure she has it all under control. Now I need to post pictures which means I need to take them.