Sunday Blogaround - 11.4.2012

Hello, and welcome the Blogaround!

"That's a Good Question..." - Caffeinated Chronicles of a Supermom
It is a good question.  I for one have never been a fan of "sexy ____" as Halloween costumes.  Yes, I like to look sexy.  And yeah, Halloween is good for that. But I've been perfectly happy as NOT sexy things as well.  One of my favorite costumes was when I went as a dancing pack of cigarettes.  See, I had sexy legs, but it was a silly costume.  I've also been a cow, and more recently, the internet.  So... not all us ladies- even when we have the bodies to rock them- want to go as just plain slutty for Halloween.  Costume companies, take notice.  (To get the idea of what we're up against in the slutty costume department, check this out.)

"'Pick a bucket and go trick or treating' I said." - Kristin and Kayla
Seriously, ever time this dad stages a photo with his kids, it is BRILLIANT.


"Roxy the... what?" - Riding the Crazy Train
I laughed so hard I might have peed a little bit.  I couldn't stop thinking about a "pet snake" that was really a piece of rubber hose that my sister and I fought over for over a decade.  So, I guess that this mom might have it a little easy.  Not that dealing with found object attachment is EVERY easy.


"November is National Adoption Awareness Month" - Shopaholic Mommy
You are probably aware of my own feelings on adoption.  If not, read here.  Regardless, I think that this  is a wonderful set of suggestions for talking about adoption with your children, and a wonderful reminder that there are children who need homes, and there are many of us who are able (if not this minute) to open their hearts and homes and lives to those children but are afraid to start.


"They're back..." - Antarctica. Srsly.
I am so. jealous.


"My son painting his... A blue ball reality" - Sorry kid, your mom doesn't play well with others
So nice when it's somebody else having a bad day thanks to nail polish.  And so nice that none of my kids have testicles.


"Politics as Usual" - Mobyjoe Cafe
She put it perfectly.  Go out and vote.

This is Halloween...

So this year our family costume was.... The Wizard of Oz!!!

Chistory, Elphaba, Dorothy, Fiyero, Glinda (the "Gah" is silent)

That's right, we all got in on it.

DD, RH, SI

SI was Dorothy- I am so proud of that dress!  I mocked that thing up in about twenty minutes.  Felt pretty awesome.

She was very upset at first that we didn't have a dedicated Toto.  But then I explained to her that she was really SI, and she was pretending to be Dorothy.  So the Pokey Little Puppy was going to pretend to be Toto for Halloween.  She was thrilled with this explanation.


DD was Glinda.  Well, she wanted to be a "pink princess with pink all over and a pink dress and a pink shirt and a pink crown and pink EVERYTHING!"  I wasn't having it.  I convinced her to be Glinda instead.  Basically the same thing anyway.  Her first dress WOULD have been better, but idiot that I am I cut her fabric for the top sideways.  Which means- no stretch.  Which means- no way it's getting on that kid.  So I had to do an emergency second dress.  And this is it.  Still turned out pretty good.  :)

The magic wand was icing on the cake, as far as she was concerned.



RH was... Chistory!  Okay, so if you're not familiar with Wicked, RH was a flying monkey.

I know, she kind of looks like a dragon.  And her ears are sort of sideways.  Give me a break, I made the costume in the five minutes I could count on the kids to entertain her once she woke up.  It was a slap-dash Halloween this year.


I was the Wicked Witch of the West!  (Or, you know, Elphaba.)

Yes, I *do* have the green facepaint, but I knew that if I painted myself green, something bad would happen.  I just couldn't bring myself to participate in that kind of mess.  So, sorry about that.


And M was the Scarecrow!  Or, for you Wicked fans, Fiyero!  Which is perfect, because... you know... Fiyero and Elphaba and whatnot...

...yeah, M kind of looks like Kung Fu Panda.  He needed a few patches on the shirt.  I forgot.



The girls had a blast.  We carved a pumpkin, and left it in our window for when we came home...

And of course, there was trick or treating.



I tried very hard to keep them warm without detracting from the costumes.  I think I did okay.

RH couldn't handle the excitement.

Sleepy flying (er, strolling) monkey.

And I know- you've been waiting for this week's dance party.  Fear no more!  Remember how I said I used to be in the Rocky Horror Picture Show cast?  Well, most years we did Thriller as a pre-show performance.  So, now you know what's coming.



I may not have time to do a weekly dance party anymore.  Now I have to dedicate my child-free moments to writing- not video editing.  Because... today is the start of NaNoWriMo!  So we'll see if I can do both.  If not, I promise you an AMAZING video to celebrate the end of the month.

Cheers!!!