Halloween

 Before I got married I had great ideas for Halloween costumes once I had a family. For example, one year I would be Dorothy, my husband would be the tin man, and the kids would be a scarecrow, lion, toto, munchkins, etc. Then another year I would be Frauline Maria, my husband would the The Captain, and our kids would wear little jumpers made out of curtains just like the von Trapp children. But then I married Jerel who prefers to turn off the lights and pretend he's not home on Halloween. Life is full of compromises, right? Instead of trying to force Jerel to dress up I settled for just spending his money getting Isaiah dressed up. I decided to make the costume instead of buying one because first of all it seemed like it would be cheaper and second of all it seemed like it would somehow mean I was a great mother. Well, it definitely wasn't cheaper, and I don't know that forcing your kid to wear something he detests really makes you a great mother, but we did it anyway.

Isaiah was a darling little elephant and even though Jerel thinks he doesn't care, I know he will always remember it. How do I know this? Because an elephant never forgets! I tried to get his pictures done in the costume but he screamed the whole time. So then I tried to have Rick do some when I was up in Bremerton but he screamed the whole time again. Oh well. Jerel & I took him to the ward Trunk-or-Treat and he behaved really well and looked so great that if there had been a costume contest he would've won for sure!

Anyway, I spent so much effort on the silly costume and then he hated it so much (I think it had something to do with the headpiece cutting off his airway or something) that I have already purchased a costume for him for next year. I figure if he isn't going to appreciate it I won't bother putting so much effort into it. I'm not sure why I didn't think of that before. Also, no matter how many siblings Isaiah ends up having, they will all be elephants on their first Halloween.

Here are some more pictures. The little girl in the cow costume is Isaiah's girlfriend Laney. More Pics