i'm a real dragon!

vaughn has been really interested in dragons since mom took him to see 'how to train your dragon' earlier this year. he loves the dragon part in shrek and has to watch it at least three times whenever we watch it. and he's asked to watch hiccup almost everyday. so i thought the perfect costumes for the boys would be a dragon and a knight. we found the dragon costume online and mom volunteered to make the knight costume for mason. i found a velveteen hooded sweat suit at once upon a child, and got some red fabric for a tunic which mom painted a gold dragon on the front. we were planning on making a shield, but thought since mason has started to move his hands a lot more we would skip them. i think they look great!

josh and i had a small party on saturday. catherine and mom were a tremendous help with the preparation. catherine make her signature cheese mummy, but was forbidden from making her paper crafts (stupid rachel). but i think even without mice the house looked pretty creepy. josh hung spider webs all over, including over half the front doorway. vaughn even helped put fake spiders in the webs. catherine made leaf filled ghosts that josh hung from the trees. i think the party went well. it was cold enough to really enjoy the bonfire and i bought the giant marshmallows to make s'mores.

after the party it was off to bed in their striped jammies!