5 minute Jessie {trunk or treat}

 

5 minutes before the trunk or treat max told me she just HAD to be jessie.

not merida.

and i was like, 

"but remeeeeeemmmmbbbbeeerrrrr? you said you wanted to be merida:)"

big encouraging smile on my face,

pointing the turquoise green merida costume

that is hanging on the back of the kitchen table chair.

and she was all,

"i just want to be jessie. i looooove jessie."

red sparkle boots already on,

hat sitting on top of her head.

sad little face,

yearning for her halloween trunk or treat dream costume of jessie.

and so i thought,

ok emily,

you can do this.

yellow paper, red pen, white shirt, jeans.

5 minutes later i had a jessie costume on max,

with a great big smile.

and i'm pretty sure my awesome 5 minute costume making skills 

may have just set a standard i most definitely did not want to set.

but for now, 

i will just relish in all of my awesome 

5 minute costume making skills.

and in case there are halloween weather gods,

i'd like to ask them to

please let it be not too freezing on halloween.

thank you.

love, emily

with an E.

may the FOURTH be with you {a photo gallery}

2 leia's, 1 R2D2, and a luke

MISSING:

sean DARTH VADER gibson

{still traumatized by last halloween's king tritan merMANtail}

{i think we can talk him into it by halloween}

...

at 3pm on saturday afternoon my kids told me 

they had decided they wanted to dress up for troy's star wars party afterall.

so chase and i ran off to hobby lobby for felt and oversized t-shirts.

$11 and one hour later we were back.

linsey came over with three sets of freshly washed socks,

hair ties and bobby pins,

and we watched a youtube video on "how to" princess leia buns.

you should have seen us standing in my kitchen,

armed with gel and hairspray and a youtube video blaring on my iphone.

it was a hoot.

i cut up an old white turtleneck of mine for max,

and linsey wrapped her with a gold ribbon.

two little low buns later and max was the cutest little leia you have ever seen.

i copied an R2D2 baby costume andrea found on pinterest with felt and a white onsie 

{complete with a headband b/c i knew he would never keep on a cap}.

then i took a pair of scissors to two x-large black and brown t-shirts 

to make brennan's requested luke costume.

he was beaming.

start to finish, including driving and shopping time, and hair?

2 hours, 45 min.

yessssssss:)

an old t-shirt and white shirt for me, with a belt and sandals from 10 years ago and i was set.

my buns and gold eye shadow were my favorite part.

i wanted to sleep in my leia buns i loved them so much.

max did.

and we had to bribe our kid's costumes off of them with promises of extra songs and bedtime stories.

they were filthy.

and i have pretty low standards for cleanliness.

sleeping in them was just not an option. 

may the FOURTH be with you.

{and no, we're not making any announcements. just that it was MAY 4TH.}

these kids were legit chalk artists.

audrey drew me.

so proud:)

notice my blue eyes.

love her.

brennan had his eye on the red light saber.

but his red was a good red.

that's what he said.

sibling rivalry at its finest.

with uncle dave's light saber.

rumor has it that THIS light saber was in THE star wars movie.

FOR REAL.

you can never really believe dave though.

decide for yourself;)

 THE END.