Another fun Halloween - as usual, we projected cartoons on our neighbor's garage for everyone to enjoy. Clara and Daisy (another kid from the neighborhood) went off on their own, Molly and I did a short round of trick or treating together, then settled in to watch the cartoons, give out candy, and chat with neighbors.
The kids were unusually decisive in their Halloween costumes this year. Well, Molly is sometimes pretty decisive, and Clara much less so. But Molly decided in September that she would dress as Rosie the Riveter, and by October 1st she had gathered her materials. The last piece was figuring out how to do her hair. After watching a Youtube video, we practiced once, then did it three times: once for the Saturday night party, once for Halloween day at school, and a third time for the evening. I did a pretty durn good job with her hair, if I do say so myself! Just a lot of product, the use of Nona's hair dryer, and elbow grease.
Clara's hair was also complicated, although it's hard to see in this picture. She went as Clara Barton, and wanted to get as close to authentic Clara Barton hair as possible. Again, the internet came to our rescue - we found a blog from a family that does historical reenactments and had pretty good instructions on doing Clara Barton hair. The rest of her costume she pulled together herself - including the first aid kit/candy bag, which she put together just an hour before going out trick or treating!
