Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea

we were lucky enough to be able to go to jennie's annual halloween party this year

which was a good reason to dress up

and our ward party was right before so we were dressed up for both

we could not think of costumes 

other than shows we like but i didn't think i could pull off gus from psych 

as well as michael could pull off shawn

michael also suggested we be mitt romney and barack obama 

but again, i'd be a black man so we kept brainstorming

we wanted to use what we have

and maybe be something we already kind of sort of looked like

so we settled on this

Popeye was just clothes michael had

and he even had the hat

we kept meaning to draw anchors on his arms but never did

for olive oyl i just embellished clothes i already had

with lace and pom pom trim

i was thinking about making eleanor a spinach costume but

never got around to it

and then an hour or two before the activity

michael reminded me of their baby sweet pea

so i busted out this dress and hat super fast

the red fabric is the same as noah's angry bird costume :) 

 i love these two

 on the way to the ward/neighborhood halloween party

i looked back and saw the kids had buckled noah's costume :) 

at the party, the girls getting their faces painted

i bought some apples and caramel, apple cider and halloween candy yesterday

the festivities have definitely begun