I have actually been waiting so long to write this post, because I am very proud of the Halloween costumes I made for our little family. It took a while to decide what we were going to be and it was between two things, but of course I thought about it two months ago. Then it took another couple weeks to get all the pieces together once I made my decision, a little more time to make what I needed to make, and then was able to finish everything so we had it done by Halloween. I've very in love with our costumes because not only do we match, we are including our little one that is still hidden in my belly! This might be a generational costume because not many older people know the Pokemon anime and the younger generation only recognized Ash and Pikachu since they are still the main characters. Poor Misty has been forgotten by anyone who hasn't seen the first couple seasons of Pokemon, those were the classics!
Making and Planning
As you can see in our picture, Chris was dressed up as Ash Ketchum with Claire as his Pikachu from the TV series Pokemon. I was dressed as Misty and our little unborn girl was the Togepi she carries around in the early seasons which is still half in it's egg so it just ended up being too perfect. We didn't have anyone to be Brock who is also in the crew, but that wasn't as important in my opinion. Our hair was also not the right color of course but, I did get my hair contained to a small side bun for her short hair because with it down it was crazy long and anyone who knew Togepi knew I was Misty.
I went to DI and found the cloths we didn't already have for Ash and Misty, including the hat that was originally all red and I painted white and the symbol on the front. I had to buy the suspenders even though I'm sure I used to have some, they were either given away years ago or now packed away in all the stuff we aren't using right now. I made Togepi out of felt and hot glued on my yellow shirt knowing my belly would make it more 3D. We originally bought a hat for Claire to wear to become Pikachu but she refused to wear it so I tried to make ears that would attach to her piggy tails. Of course she didn't like that either and tried to shake them and pull them out. In the end, her piggy tails are the ears because that is as much as she will let me mess with her head at this stage in her life, we put styling gel and face paint color in her hair and they look cute with her little cheeks and nose. The tail is made out of a cereal box with felt hot glued on then a little fabric paint for the brown, then I safety pinned it to her but and top of her onesie so she didn't drag it on the floor. I also had those back stripes I cut out and hot glued onto her onesie and pants to complete the outfit!
Life
I won't say everything is as happy as making a matching costume for Halloween, but we are trying to deal with life as it comes. Waiting for a call for a job has brought on stress and unwanted tension that has only increased with the more applications that Chris puts in. We try to have the best attitude about what the future holds for our little family and know that Heavenly Father is guiding our lives. I think we are being prepared for what is to come and getting time with family and friends here in Blackfoot is good for us if we end up having to move farther away. The holidays are coming and I hope to be able to see my family soon too because I keep feeling that we are going to end far away.
Reading
It is pretty amazing how far you can read into the Book of Mormon when you read so much! We are already half way into Mosiah! If I was reading at a normal rate I would probably be just barely getting into 2 Nephi and still have all the Isaiah chapters left to go. I hope everyone else who is reading, has kept up with the pace and after calculating a little and continuing at the pace of 3 chapters a day, I'll be finishing right before Christmas! I will even catch up to the reading we are doing as a family and pass us at the beginning of December.
As you can see in our picture, Chris was dressed up as Ash Ketchum with Claire as his Pikachu from the TV series Pokemon. I was dressed as Misty and our little unborn girl was the Togepi she carries around in the early seasons which is still half in it's egg so it just ended up being too perfect. We didn't have anyone to be Brock who is also in the crew, but that wasn't as important in my opinion. Our hair was also not the right color of course but, I did get my hair contained to a small side bun for her short hair because with it down it was crazy long and anyone who knew Togepi knew I was Misty.
I went to DI and found the cloths we didn't already have for Ash and Misty, including the hat that was originally all red and I painted white and the symbol on the front. I had to buy the suspenders even though I'm sure I used to have some, they were either given away years ago or now packed away in all the stuff we aren't using right now. I made Togepi out of felt and hot glued on my yellow shirt knowing my belly would make it more 3D. We originally bought a hat for Claire to wear to become Pikachu but she refused to wear it so I tried to make ears that would attach to her piggy tails. Of course she didn't like that either and tried to shake them and pull them out. In the end, her piggy tails are the ears because that is as much as she will let me mess with her head at this stage in her life, we put styling gel and face paint color in her hair and they look cute with her little cheeks and nose. The tail is made out of a cereal box with felt hot glued on then a little fabric paint for the brown, then I safety pinned it to her but and top of her onesie so she didn't drag it on the floor. I also had those back stripes I cut out and hot glued onto her onesie and pants to complete the outfit!
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