October 29: The School Halloween Parade

Today was Griffin's school halloween parade where all the grades walk around the playground a class at a time showing off their costumes.  Technically, this is my third Halloween with a North Broadway Elementary student, but it is only my second parade.  See the bottom for details.

Class picture

Waiting for the parade to start

Still waiting

Colten/ Luke Skywalker + Mackenzie/Princess Leia = Too Cute!

Diego (aka Fieddie Kruger) Logan (aka Ninja) and Griffin

Class picture!

Today reminded me of Halloween's past.

Zoey as Katie Bell, the Quidditch Chaser for Gryffindor, Umpire's gear courtesy of Sport About.  10/01.

Going to the Legoland Costume Contest 10/01

Our beautiful Katie Bell, cape made by Nonnie, sweater by Grandma Annie and Gryffindor patch embroidered by ME.

I made a pretty lame Hedwig costume for Aidan which he only wore for pictures

Aidan's kindergarden Hallween, October 2003

2003 was the year of the FIRST firestorm to sweep San Diego county.  The smoke was so bad that school was closed (including Bill's) for a whole week, which just happened to be the week preceding Halloween.  This meant that Aidan's class did not get to walk in the parade or participate in the traditional Halloween Carnival for kindergardeners.  Although we felt mighty guilty, we went to Disneyland and got to see the Nightmare Before Christmas decorations in the Haunted Mansion.

Our best Jack-o-Lantern EVER, as worn by Bill, 10/03

On the train at Disneyland, a few days before Halloween 2003

Zoey, in the amazing fairy costume I made her and Aidan in the lame skeleton costume I made him.  I thought I could buy one of those plastic skeleton decorations and sew it onto the black satin body suit I made.  Not my best scheme.  Interestingly enough, he wanted to be a skeleton the following year and I bought him a premade costume which we still have.  I think Griffin can wear it next year.

Zoey's Kindergarden Halloween 1998

My parents had taken Zoey to see the musical CATS a couple of months earlier and she wanted to be one of THOSE cats for Halloween.  This is my best effort - a turtleneck painted like a cat's tummy and ears, paws and a tail made by me.