Our Pirate and His Parrot

The costumes were a lot of fun this year! Ella's costume was a lot cuter before putting it on, because I didn't account for the material having to stretch over her little body, and therefore many of the hot-glued feathers became misplaced and funky looking. She actually did a much better job than I expected keeping the feathers out of her mouth. The biggest problem were the grouping of feathers on her chest, directly under her little drooling mouth. About an hour into the night, those things were looking pretty disgusting and she started to look like a mix between a just-hatched chick that's still slimy and an older bird that was just molting. But she did get a lot of attention from passer's-by and she had a lot of fun at her first Halloween!
Elijah decided a long time ago that he was going to be a pirate for Halloween. I'm not sure where the idea even came from - he just announced it one day and never changed his mind. So his was a pretty easy one to put together. He had a lot of fun with it and even wore the big hoop earring and flasy gemstone rings! His Aunt Vanessa also taught him some good pirate quotes like, "Where's me booty?" and "Walk the plank!" along with ones he already knew like, "Aye, matey!" and a mean sounding, "Argh!" He was pretty cute. The same day that he decided he was going to be a pirate, he also decided that Ella would be his parrot. So the whole theme was his idea and we all had a lot of fun with it!