The British Halloween Invasion

Halloween is a holiday that allows me to use my creative side. It is all about the theme. After last year's glorious win for Macy's costume as Sour Grapes, I had my creative juices flowing all year. What could we do next year? It all came down to this little onsie I saw at Target...Strawberry Fields Forever. A salute to the Beatles...that would be epic. Miss Ava was our muse...Carys was our Strawberry Fairy, Maya was our Yellow Submarine, and Macy was our Sgt Pepper.

We rallied our band and headed down to Harborwalk for the second annual dog costume contest. There was a Bucee's Dog.

A Lady-dog

The devil...and Sophie really is the devil...Macy would LOVE a piece of her.

JJ was a devil too...but she really is a sweetie.

A clown-dog.

TJ liked Shrek Dog.

The Headless Horseman came in 3rd Place

Elvis came in 2nd place.

And our very own Sgt Pepper brought home the title of Best Halloween Costume for the second year in a row. Maya was a great wing-dog as the Yellow Submarine.

Truth be told, I had a lot of fun making Macy's costume. I used my mom's original Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Band LP and searched Hobby Lobby for all my supplies. A simple t-shirt, felt, puff paint, buttons, fringe and drapery tie backs all went into the creation.

The weekend culminated in Carys's first real trick or treating experience. "Will you give me a treat?"

We took our band around the neighborhood, Carys is painfully shy, but by the end was "knocking" on the door and taking treats to put in her bag. She did not say a word all night except "bag". She was very proud of her ladybug bag.

Ava, our little pumpkin, came along for a stroller ride.

Our neighbors David and Belinda were our first "gig".

Nana and Papa Tom stayed at our house to pass out candy to the "groupies."

Carys enjoying her "spoils" of being part of the band.The "fruits" of my labor, me and my girls.