Our 2009 Halloween Costumes: Elvis and Lobito

Here are my boys' costumes! I am so proud of them. Though I must say this year Halloween was a big deal everywhere. Throngs of kids came to my door, and they were all dressed up well! My boy's school mates were really creative, and there were lots of homemade costumes. A lot of Michael Jacksons, too. My three-year-old really enjoyed the whole thing, although it was a struggle explaining every night of October why it wasn't Halloween yet! I hope next year my older son and I can make it out to the haunted house in Fremont -- we were going to go, then unexpectedly found ourselves without any coin!







Elvis turned out not so hard. I took a white tuxedo jacket that my sister-in-law bought for him at her wedding. I ironed on a few bejeweled transfers, and sewed on silver mardi gras beads. I hot glued mardi gras beads to an old pair of my sunglasses, and sewed more of them to the sides of his pants. We sprayed his hair black and I painted on a forehead curl and mutton chop sideburns. Done!

The werewolf costume was a lot easier. I made that a few years ago for my older son, so it was just a matter of finding it in the basement and painting his face. I looked online for some werewolf makeup inspiration, and think it turned out well. Of course, by the time his older brother's school parade came around he was hot and tired of the costume, so that was short lived.

My own costume was the casualty in all of this. Next year I'll try to think of something in advance. There are actually some lucrative costume competitions out there. One parent at my son's school won $400 for his incredible replica of a Manhattan bathroom (it consists of a tiled box that he wears, and it has all the amenities). However, I was called last-minute to support a friend on a gig by singing a few songs for her, so I had to abandon my plan of going as a victim of bad plastic surgery -- puffy lips, mismatched boobs and all!