Of Pirates and Skeletons

Another good Halloween on the books.  I was really happy with how Morgan's "Captain Jack Sparrow" costume came together.  We found the wig and boot covers and put together the rest from a large men's dress shirt, a t-shirt made into a vest and a scarf (thank goodness for Goodwill!).  Morgan wanted a Jack Sparrow hat and came up with idea of making a dollar store cowboy hat into a tri-corner by safety pinning it up. Perfect!  He even got to use his daddy's Knight's of Columbus sword.

We went to hang out with Grandma for awhile in the afternoon on Halloween.  She had been out of town for three weeks visiting family back east, so it was fun to see her.  There was a trunk or treat activity at the courthouse and a costume contest at a local store, so we had to participate in that, of course!  The rest of the fam was at the State cross country meet (go coach Glenn!) and also cheering on some State volleyball.

It was the first year that the girls didn't go treat or treating.  That was sad to me, but I get it.  Their youth group had a trick or treat for the food bank on the Wednesday before Halloween.  It was a great excuse to dress up and they collected lots of stuff for a good cause.  It was great.

Love that they resurrected this costume from two years ago.  We decided to go with only skulling-out half the face.  I thought they looked pretty fabulous, but I might be a teensy bit biased. :)