Costume Party

It was two minutes before we were to leave for the costume party when I realized (while still sewing) that I hadn't put the sleeves to Judah's costume on in the proper order. To do so would have required much ripping of seams, frustration and another couple of hours worth of assembly.

And an echo of, "NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!" rang through the neighborhood.

One simply cannot be a Knight without his chainmail...especially when the sleeves were already cut out and ready to go.

So I did what any crafty mom would do and whipped out the glue gun.

And a tacky old t-shirt in Judah's size.

And glued the sleeves to the shirt.



And voila! Knight in shining chainmail.



Though it goes against my perfectionist grain to have not done this the 'right' way on the sewing machine, I must admit none was any the wiser, and Prince Caspian was happy as could be.

In all the chaos and yet another fail on my part, I forgot to take photos of Jericho and his cousin K, who went as Jocks and Nerds.

K was the jock, wearing his full football gear, and Jericho was a nerd, wearing Urkel shorts, glasses, a short sleeved dress shirt with a tie and tube socks, along with a couple of pens in a pocket protector.

Along with an old Member's Only jacket recently unearthed when a cousin moved.

At the costume party, and older gentleman came up and asked, "Is that a Members Only jacket?" There was a touch of awe in his voice, remembering how very cool those were once upon a time.

"Yes" I replied, adding, "He was the last member."

The man about choked on his dentures for laughing.

And last but not least, Jeff and I went as Cowboy/Cowgirl by default.



Sadly, this was the only photo we got of us...in the truck on the way there.

The best part was, because we had the kids along, we got to make an early exit and get to bed at a reasonable hour!

It's a sad day when you realize you've reached the age where you turn into a pumpkin about 9:00 at night.