Costumes

The Thursday before Halloween the girls got to dress up in their special costumes for school. I wish I would have gotten better pictures of Adelle's Mulan costume. She was in a hurry to get out the door to the bus. Her sleeves are particularly amazing and flow down almost to the floor.

Lydia as a southern belle! She just LOVED getting dressed up, wearing my pearls, and makeup.

Love it!

My Civil War Costume

Wes finished my costume yesterday and it turned out just beautiful. I got ready this morning, put the hoop skirt in the back seat and headed off to work. Everyone at work was so impressed with the dress. They were amazed that Wes made the whole costume including the hoop skirt. I read last night on the Internet about "hoop skirt etiquette". It actually has been quite useful. Ladies always sit in the middle of your hoop skirt not the back or it will fly up and expose your underclothes. Did you also know that it is improper to let you skirt swish back and forth? It has been a fun experience to learn how to move in a very full hoop skirt.

I worked on my hair forever and finally decided on this simple hair style. The bottom hairs were curlier earlier in the day.

Thanks sweetie for the beautiful costume. I felt like a queen!