Harvest Party
Last night was the Harvest Party at Willamette Bible Chapel. It went quite well – we had a good turnout with lots of guests invited by church people. We served chili and cornbread (that magical combination!) and had games, prizes, candy, candy, candy. I did some face painting, which was fun, and I didn’t go into the “funrooms” – ie scary rooms! But I heard they were really awesome.
I dressed up as a princess. I don’t have much experience putting my hair up in curls (OK – I’d never done it, actually) and apparently “spray gel” doesn’t sub in well for “hair spray” because my big curls on top wouldn’t hold. So I left the velcro rollers in and said I was a princess with a bad hair day. Good tiara day, though – I made the thing myself in about 15 minutes, with a dollar’s worth of silvery pipe cleaners. Sweet! My purple gown was from my role as a bridesmaid in JI’s wedding in October 04. I paid good money for that dress so I was happy to have an opportunity to wear it again, and to very good effect. I wish I felt that pretty every day!
BN went as… drumroll please… a sock monkey!!! He did the whole thing himself, from concept to execution. He looked great. The big stuffed head made quite an impression at the party! Most people didn’t know it was him under there. Some people never found out… Like one of the haunted-room actors got a scare in return when BN came out of nowhere and tackled him with his sock-wrapped arms. Freak out!
What’s a haunted room? I LOVE BN’s costume that is so sweet. You look lovely I thought the crown was metal at first. I should send you some photos of my costume. Wow BN’s head is so huge. No wonder he is so good at math lots of storage.
Oh one last thing does he have a red bottom? I rember when RCW and VCW would play and wonder why is there bottom red?
Wow Katie! Tell Blair I think his costume is amazing! I like yours too. The crown is cool! You’re both sooooo creative!
Hi, girls! Thanks for your sweet comments. Hannah, a haunted room is like a haunted house tour but it just happens in one room. I didn’t go in them, I was too afraid, but I heard there were piles of leaves, spraying water, people jumping out, etc. EEEEEEk!
PS – B ran out of time to make a tail. But the red bottom would be easy to do, he cut up a red sweater from the thrift store for the mouth so there was plenty more material. I don’t know why sock monkeys have a red behind – I think they came from a certain brand of socks that have red heels…
We always pretended they had diaper rash. 😐