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Halloween 2006, and an Eli view of home…

Eli wanted to be a mage (a wiseman, wizard, sage) since he has been playing a game on the computer with said character. He asked me to make a costume just like his characters, so here you go…white robe with black trim, silver-grey hood with black trim. There isn’t quite as much “room” in the upper body as I would have liked for warm shirt underneath…the temps are dropping into the freezing range every evening here!

On Sunday, while internet was down (all day!), we finished the costume and carved Eli’s pumpkin. He drew the face, cleaned out the innards, found the candle, and I used the keyhole saw (the kind for drywall) to carve…a VAST improvement over a knife!

And Eli took some photos of our house and critters:

Thumper (of the many, MANY toes):

Zeus, the kind daddy-cat:

Hannah on her high perch (at the top of the cat tree…the large, wide-load dark blob…..)

Tyger, as usual, was hiding somewhere. He is sweet, but can really absent himself very well….

Yeti, the wonder dog, asleep as usual:

The stovetop dragon (aka steamer…when he’s running a good boil he blows smoke out his nose)

The fleece mouse Eli and I made: he gave directions, I figured out the “how”, make the pattern, etc. Eli helped a tiny bit with sewing, but decided I could handle it. Still need to add eyes, whiskers, maybe a belt and sword….. think Reepicheep in one of the middle Narnia books….

The pumpkins pre-carving:

During (Joshua making Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

and after:

And to add one more photo to this hodge-podge, I went for a walk on Monday the 30th and this was the reward for looking up! Glorious!

One Response to “Halloween 2006, and an Eli view of home…”

  1. Deborah Says:

    So fun! Have a great day. You’re helping to make such special memories for the boys.