Dress As Your Favorite Book Character Day!

Livi was rocking the Kaya outfit today! Kaya is an American Girl doll. If you don't know about American Girl, they have novels that tell stories about the lives of their historical dolls. Liv chose Kaya, the Native American doll/story. Doesn't she look great!? I had the dress in my stash of costumes at school and we added the underclothes and slippers - yep, those are slippers! I made some bead necklaces too. We have a friend who is Mohawk and she loaned us the more intricate bead necklace. Jackpot, right!? I braided her hair, added some feathers and some leather cord. Tie off the waist and voila! Last year, she placed third in her whole third grade class for her Hermione costume. We will have to wait to see how she does this year!

Update: Livi didn't win the contest - boooo!

Halloween!!

We have been looking forward to Halloween for about a month now. Olivia has flip flopped on what costume she wants to wear about ten times and Aidan has asked "Is it Halloween?"every morning. He has been funny about what he wants to be. When I brought home a dragon costume, he was so happy. Then, he changed his mind and wanted to be his cousin Abbie May! THEN, he changed his mind again and wanted to be a ghost. Finally, we talked him back into being a dragon.

Trick or treating started out a little rough. Aidan was really crabby - horrible mood! He was whiny, and restless, and even went out and laid on the porch. He almost didn't go. But, thankfully the Davis' showed up and off we went! Olivia, of course, was stoked for getting as much candy as possible. After a few houses, Aidan shook off his funk and was having fun.

It was fun to have the Davis' with us. Their little boy, Logan, was a cowboy - horse and all. Our new neighborhood was very busy, plenty of houses to go to and lots of other costumes to admire and judge. I also saw a bunch of people that I knew from school. Students, parents, other teachers - even my headmaster!

The evening ended with a sleepy dragon asking to go home. So, off we went into the night with our candy and tired feet!