Halloween

So, technically its not Halloween yet but we had our ward Halloween party so we already got all dressed up and celebrated. I made Ethan a BYU basketball uniform (copied off of last year's uniform, but we saw after the party that the team wore the same uniform for their exhibition game that night). I thought that both Ethan and Trent would love it. Trent dressed up in a shirt and tie as a coach and I borrowed a referee shirt. For the Trunk or Treat we brought Ethan's basketball hoop so kids/parents could shoot at our truck bed. Pretty sure some people think we are obsessed, little do they know that I, the only non-obsessed one came up with the idea!

I never plan costumes ahead of time. Halloween isn't a holiday too high up on our priority list I guess. I suppose this will change now as Ethan starts to understand more about holidays. This year I started in September drawing up a pattern and looking for fabric for this costume. I decided to start early so I wouldn't be stressed out last minute. Of course, even though I started a month and a half early I still only finished about 10 minutes before we headed out the door for the Halloween party. Go figure!

Here are some pics right before we headed out the door for the party. Please ignore the messy house...I was working all day on it so the mess just piled up :). The long sleeves are just a shirt we had him wear so he didn't freeze at the Trunk or Treat.

It was my first major sewing project by myself. I had to redo some parts and learned so much.  I got frustrated at times and had to set it aside while I thought of how to put parts of it together, I even found myself thinking about it in the middle of the night! But mostly it was a lot of fun and makes me excited to sew lots of other projects.