... and then there were four: A Princess and an Owl

This year for Halloween, Tessa wanted to be a princess. Her Grandma Wilcox was already planning on making her a princess costume from a skirt she had so it worked out great! Princess dresses are way beyond my sewing expertise so thank you grandma!

Here is a picture of Tessa in her costume with Grandma Wilcox after trying it on for size. Extra credit to Grandma for the hat!!

It was unfortunately pretty cold on Halloween so Tessa's costume was partly covered by her winter coat, but I suppose that's just how it goes most Halloweens in Utah.

Jenny kept flip flopping on what she wanted to be. First she wanted to be a pirate. Then she changed her mind to a mummy. Then she wanted to be a nose. When I asked her how she was planning to walk around in a nose costume, she said I would carry her the whole time. When vetoed mom holding her the whole time, she changed her mind to be a witch. Then she finally decided she wanted to be a Halloween Owl. After confirming a few days in a row she still wanted to be that, I told her she was locked in and began working on her costume. I cut out felt feathers and sewed them to a piece of fabric cut into a cape shape, sewed some feathers on some sweats, and painted her face. This was the result and while a few people seeing her guessed that she was a flower most everyone said bird or owl - success!

I had a lot of fun making her costume. It got me back into sewing and wanting to do it more. Maybe I'll even finish the baby blanket quilts I started for the girls before they were born someday -LOL. The girls had a lot of fun with trick-or-treating. We tried to keep up some traditions and do some fun Fall activities before Halloween as well.

First, we had to pick out our pumpkins at our usual place - Bob's Pumpkin Patch.