Halloween Costumes

Bentley, Jake, and Viva each chose their own Halloween costume. Their mom and dad spent some time with them online looking for something that they liked. Jake was the easiest, of course. He wanted to be a monkey. Kara found a really nice monkey costume on ebay. Doesn't Jake make a fantastic monkey?



Viva insisted that she wanted to be a bad witch. It wasn't difficult to find cute witch costumes. Some of the witch outfits are so cute you'd think they were princess costumes instead, but Viva is very adamant that she is a BAD WITCH.



The witch costume was 2-4T, but it was huge on our little Viva. Kara and I had to use a lot of safety pins to size it down. Maybe you will see this costume again in three years recycled as a Halloween Fairy or a Lady Pirate or a Renaissance-era Harajuku girl. (Great new word!)

Bentley was the most difficult to find a costume for. He and his mom looked and looked and finally Bentley decided that a green skeleton costume was cool. Kara ordered one at a great price. Unfortunately it was too small because there was no room for clothing under the costume and that does not work in Alaska at the end of October unless your costume is a bear skin. So Kara had to order a second costume in the next size up.


Here the children are posed in front of our Halloween tree. It's a really cool tree and the photo does not do it justice. Come to that, the photos don't do the children justice either--they were very, very, very cute. I told Kara this is probably the apex of their Halloween cuteness. Their cute little chubby cheek phase in life is quickly passing. *sigh*