Kiley's first Halloween

Me and dad worked all day on your costumes.. yes costumes with a 's'.. meaning two.
dad started the day before. He wanted to make you a lobster .... he was a little sick that day but was able to finish it the next day :)
and I wanted to make you a crow ( for obvious reasons)
We asked Nana over to watch you so we could finish the costumes... Halloween started at five and it was already after four! and neither your father or i had your costumes finished! You were in your swing more then usual that day because we both wanted to finish and we felt a little guilty about that. But when Nana came to help you were in no mood to cooperate. By the time we finished the costumes Halloween was almost officially over. (Halloween was 5 to 7)
It was a perfect Halloween night, it was a Saturday.. it was windy so the clouds were moving very quickly over the full moon..It was dark despite the full moon. But it was warm!! about 15 C . The wind wasn't cold either. you couldn't have asked for a better night.
Neither you father or i had much (any) experience sewing costumes nor did we have any patterns to follow. We had just decided to jump in and do the best we could with our imaginations. Both Mom and Dad's first attempt was too small and we had to start again. But in the end I think we both had costumes to be proud of. Well for 'Rooky' costume makers anyhow . haha

we had decided to put you in the crow costume.. being you are the rook.
You were teething and trying to eat the feathers so mom had to take all the feathers off the costume when we got to your grandparents house. lol We had planned to take you to Nana's and Poppies, your great Nana Burton's, Daddy's aunt and uncle Joan and sonny, and my friends Sandi and Kelly I. We arrived at your grandparents house at 6:57 and visited for a few minutes but after working all day at your costumes we (meaning Mom and Dad) were too tired do any more visiting and we went home... you did met your cousin Mitchel who also came to visit Nana and poppy... but you could take him or leave him. ha

we were going to change you into the lobster costume when we got home just for pictures.. that didn't happen that night either. But we did it a couple of days later. Here are the pictures of your first costumes. They were made with love and your Dad and me had a lot of fun doing it.