Saturday, October 31, 2009

tricks for treats

oh halloween. i usually don't get super amped about halloween. but this year, we knew that we'd prolly have a little man around the house that would want to get in on the halloween action. so we started planning his costume a month or so ago. we decided on Max from where the wild things are. (i know, so trendy and hip of us) so emily starting making the hood and horns awhile ago. but then Will came a couple weeks earlier and we sorta forgot about halloween again. then we figured we wouldn't be going out, so really we'd just be finishing his costume to take some pictures and tell him many years from now that we had fun celebrating his first halloween.

I went back to work on thursday this week after a few days of paternity leave and found out that the residents were having a halloween party. emily and i figured we'd go. but then we needed to finish the costume and find costumes for ourselves...

long story short. we made Will a scepter, added a crown to his hood, and decided to be each other for halloween. this is how it all went down.

started the day with a matinee of where the wild things are. we even dressed Will in his Max costume for the occasion.



here's cute Will as cute Max, King of the Wild Things.


here's emily as me.



here's me as emily (pre-baby, of course. i did my own make-up and shaved my own legs)




here's the three of us, living it up on Will's first halloween... i think he liked it. maybe, i'll finally start loving halloween again too.

17 comments:

mom/shauna said...

Im sure glad you're comfortable in your own genders.Will looks like he is ready to start his own ruckus. Love, Dad

Sarah said...

Um, that is awesome... AND scary.

mom/shauna said...

Very ingenious costumes. Peter is ALMOST as cute as Emily when she was pregnant.
Love Will's costume, but he is much too sweet to "...make mischief of one kind and another..."
I hope he doesn't "roar his terrible roar when he goes to bed tonight." I know he is the new "King" of your house though.

Jill T said...

You guys are so funny. 1st off, I love the Max. Very cute and I'm glad you finished off his costume. 2nd, Peter, you look pretty good as a pregnant lady. "Scaringly" good. Sounds like a fun halloween. Halloween is definitely more fun with kids I think.

Stephen said...

Um.....

Dede said...

I love it. Nice work putting that together Em! I love the idea of being each other. That Will is adorable.

Steven said...

Peter, And you thought I looked creepy!!!??

Hepworths said...

You guys look awesome. Did you know we had the same costume? Great minds think alike. Congrats on little Will. He is absolutely adorable. So happy for you!

paul said...

so new york of you peter...going in drag for his first halloween...

Jamie said...

ha ha, you guys are funny. LOVE will's costume. em, look at you, little miss homemaker. i wish you lived closer so you could teach me how to sew.

Nick said...

25 years later "Petunia" makes her triumphant return.

Melissa said...

Oh wow...I haven't laughed that hard for a long time! Peter you play that role oh too well! Will is adorable in his little costume made by Mommy...love it!

Amy F said...

Who wouldn't love Halloween dressed like that??

Will is such a cutie!! I love his costume... and that he wore it to the matinee. I hope he was well-appreciated there...

Emily... nice salute!

Petey... what DID you stuff yourself with?? We need a close up of the makeup job...

Elise Matthews said...

Peter, I'm sorry to say this, but you actually could almost pass for being a woman.... kind of freaks me out.. and em, you look legit in military clothes... as for baby William. he is so adorable!! Awesome job on the costume!

Olsens said...

Wow! You guys are hilarious. Did you really shave your legs? Will looks awesome.

Olsens said...

you guys kill me...

Lorraine said...

Totally hilarious. Love it. Will is adorable.