Pirates and Hunters

This is a preview of Halloween. Someone had given Eli a big furry gorilla costume. He was very happy with it until kids started talking about Halloween at school. Then he definitely did not want to be a fuzzy gorilla. No, he wanted to be a superhero. And not Super E with his homemade cape. He wanted to be Superman or Batman or Mr. Incredible- someone real, you know. As you can guess, I wasn't too keen on the idea.

But my heart was starting to go out to Eli having to be a huggable monkey when all the other boys were much "cooler." I didn't want to attempt making a superhero costume and neither did I think we should spend money on a costume at this point. So after looking at ideas on the internet together, we agreed on a pirate. Kendall helped Eli make a sword out of cardboard and foil and our next-door neighbor gave Eli some red fabric to tie around his head.

More photos to follow later this week. His Halloween party is on Wednesday and I get to be a real live room mother! Woo hoo!





Kendall took the boys grouse hunting yesterday morning. They got three and we promptly ate them for supper. Kendall marinated them in some special sauce. They were yummy!