Well we had an excellent Halloween! We got to hang out with our friends Ka and Joe and their kiddos who are the same ages as Julius and Patricia. After an amazing dinner of homemade flatbread pizza we set out for some trick or treating in their cute neighborhood.
Forever blurry because she’s always in motion!
Stopping for a second before sprinting to the next stop.
Julius LOVED it. It was adorable watching him excitedly run from house to house! We had been practicing “trick or treat” all day and at the first house he sprinted up to the door, where an older gentlemen was sitting just inside the door ready to give out candy. Julius ignored him and pressed the doorbell (step 1 in our practicing). The older fellow chuckled and then offered Julius the candy bowl. To which we asked, “did you say trick of treat?” He then shouted “trick or treat!” and took a piece of candy. We prompted again “what do you say?” “THANK YOU!” The process continued like this for a while until he started getting to the hang of it. At one point he ran up to a house and shouted “TRICK OR TREAT THANK YOU” immediately, I guess streamlining the process. It brought me so much joy watching him have fun!
We had fun too! Of course we all dressed up, and since Halloween temps are not like they were when I was a kid, we were all sweating. Julius remarked at the end of the night, “oof I’m super sweaty!” Guess that was all the exercise from running house to house! I showed you Julius’ crown last week, so this week I’ll show you the rest!
Julius as Max – side view.
Max’s Wolf Suit (from Where the Wild Things Are)
What you’ll need:
- White zip up footed onesie to fit your child
- 4 1.25″ white buttons
- 1/4 yard of black faux fur
- Stuffing
- Pattern for tail here
- Cut out two tail pieces as indicated on pattern, leaving 1/2″ seam allowance.
- Pin tail pieces, right sides together.
- Leave top of tail opened and stitch around the rest of the length of the tail.
- Turn right side out and stuff with stuffing until firm.
- Position tail over the seat of the pants, with the unfinished portion pointing down, tip of the tail pointing towards the hood. Stitch across the unfinished portion to attach it to the suit, let it flop over.
- Hand sew 4 buttons on one size of the zipper, spaced 3″ apart. Be sure to avoid stitching the buttonholes near the teeth.
The night Max wore his wolf suit he made mischief of one kind…
…and another.
