Friday, October 31, 2008

um, boo?

Whoa, it's the Roaming Gnome! Totally scary, right?! Well, maybe try this face, this is kind of scary. Yeah, he wasn't so into the belt.

For Halloween this year, the Pup declared the Roaming Gnome to be the coolness. So I made him a costume so he could be all gnome-y. The hat is, clearly, the best part. If you are interested in how this costume came together, read this post here-recapping seems too redundant.

While Papa and I don't normally get all jolly over the ghoulish delights of Halloween, the Pup's excitement for it sort of won us over and we did (most of) the things parents who are raising main stream kids are supposed to do for Halloween. Like carving pumpkins.

Dressing up and going trick or treating (twice, no less).

And making festive cupcakes for cadets (or whoever you want, I realize that not everyone has a captive audience for culinary attempts at their beck and call) for the purpose of making them smile.
And, yes, let's not forget the costumery. I am particularly proud of that. So is the kid.

Happy Halloween, or if you are being politically correct, Happy Orange and Black Day!

As you can imagine, there are tons of photos sitting in flickr just waiting for your ghoulish perusal.

3 comments:

The "M" Family said...

so glad there was actually a halloween (ahem...excuse me...black and orange day post)! come on kelly and nova, sending some trick or treating mojo your way for next year! CUTE costume!

apea said...

I have never seen such a handsome gnome! How very cute, I'm so proud of your holiday spirit!

The Pampered Bride said...

oh my gosh, what a great costume for him! how adorable and the cupcakes look awesome too, what a lucky boy:-)