Happy New Year!! (I'm already behind.....)

Happy New Year !!! *sigh* I am already feeling a bit behind...

This post will be devoted to some of the things I have meant to blog about but, haven't yet.

Hey, uh Mom...remember when you asked me to post some pictures of the boys' Halloween costumes so you could see them? Well, not to worry...here they are! (and not a moment too, soon, right?)

What's this? Brian opted to be Batman for Halloween? He almost suffered heart failure when he laid eyes on this costume. His little friend, Brooklyn, from church, was Dora the Explorer for Halloween, and I was trying everything within my power, to convince Brian to be Diego to her Dora. Imagine the photo ops...with his dark hair he actually looks like Diego! Nothing doing. It was ridiculous of me to suggest otherwise.

Hmmmph! I thought it was a lovely idea.

Ahhhh, Adam as Anakin Skywalker. Adam was so excited to be Anakin. He wasn't excited to wear the braid at first, though. We kept trying to convince him that it would be the perfect finishing touch to his costume. We put band-aids on his neck and then adhered the braid to the band-aids with Gorilla Tape (a super strong version of duct tape). The braid stayed on nicely and was as easy to remove as taking a band-aid off. When we spiked his hair, and added the braid the whole look came together, and he wasn't nervous about wearing a braid anymore. I have to chuckle about the fact that we put the braid on the wrong side of his head. Why I didn't google a picture of "Young Anakin Skywalker" prior to the braid being attached is beyond me. I can't really pride myself on my attention to detail, most days.

Yeah, his braid is on the opposite side of Adam's . Oh well, it was an honest mistake.

This is probably a boring story but...please, indulge me. One summer, when I was at Girls' Camp, as a 14 year old, one of our craft projects was to make a little octopus. I, of course, arrived late to the craft pavilion and by the time I got there, all of the pretty yarn colors were long gone. My only choice for my little octopus was this kind of green-ish, brown-ish polyester-ish yarn. I made my little octopus, and I kind of liked her because...she was a bit of a misfit and seemed to encompass how I was feeling about myself at the time.

Well...when it was time to find a braid for Adam's costume, my little octopus bravely donated one of her legs. I just laughed because, I remembered how irritated I was those years ago, when I realized my octopus was going to be such an ugly color. I really got a kick out of the fact that my little misfit octopus could help my Adam, years later. Okay...this is sounding bizarre...enough nostalgia...Ptooey, ptooey...corny memories.

Here she is...minus one leg

Evan chose to be a football player this year and I was thrilled. Talk about cost effective. This was Evan's first year playing football, ( I need to dedicate an entire post to that little adventure) and I loved that we didn't have to spend any money on a Halloween costume, since football proved to have a lot of hidden expenses. His helmet served as the ultimate accessory, because he used it to gather candy in. Word on the street (well, at the Trunk or Treat at church, that is ) was that some of the girls at church said Evan looked handsome in his football uniform. I will now declare the following decree concerning whether Evan is handsome, or not: Evan...stay away from girls. As far as you are concerned...girls are trouble. I would say girls are evil but, that might be a little strong...so, I will say that you should avoid girls at all costs...until after your mission...at which time you are free to date and marry any girl of your choosing, as long as you can take her to the temple and as long as she feels that her future mother-in-law is fabulous. I hope to not have to re-visit this subject until you are 21. End of Decree.

As far as this fly-fisherman with "Bubba" teeth in, is concerned, I just have to say, "Back off, Ladies! This guy is all mine!" I think I need to dedicate and entire post to the beauty of living in a house full of men that each, have their own set of Bubba Teeth. Thanks, Aunt Stephanie for the gifts...and when I say, "thanks" I mean, "Grrrrrrrrrrr".

I went as Catwoman to compliment Brian's Batman. My costume consisted of a headband with ears and eyeliner whiskers drawn on my face. I chose not to wear the traditional Catwoman bodysuit for safety reasons. Namely, the safety of others, as they might have gone blind from scratching their eyes out after beholding such a sight.

Okay, Halloween 2007 documented...*phew*, only about 28 more things to catch up on...stay tuned....