My Favorite Puppy

Here is Henry in this year's halloween costume. I decided to make his costume this year, but it's nothing big. Just some felt glued to a white hoodie over some matching sweatpants with a little eye shadow on his nose for good measure! :)

Since Henry really doesn't have any concept of halloween yet, we decided to skip trick or treating this year in favor of visiting Henry's godparents (Julie, Ryan, and their son Caden) and grandmas. Here is a pic of Henry and Caden (a.k.a. Tigger). Henry is 16 mos old, Caden is roughly 9 1/2 mos old.

And finally, here is one more pic from our vacation. We went to a restaurant in Opry Mills (similar to Gurnee Mills for those from this area, but in Nashville) called Johnny Rocket's. It was a fun 50's diner themed restaurant, similar to Ed Debevic's, but with friendly waitstaff. :o) LOL! (For those who don't know, the staff at Ed's are paid to be rude to the customers... I know it's hard to believe, but it's kind of the whole reason you go there!) They even took a dance break for us! Anyhow, they gave him one of their paper caps. I thought the pic was too cute and had to share!

It's That Time of Year Again!

I can't even believe it is October already! Since I don't have a pic of this year's costume yet, I thought I'd share my favorite picture from last year of my little pumpkin. :) We bought this costume at Toys 'R Us, and had to cut a slit in the back of the hat to get it to fit right. Did I mention my son is over the 100th percentile for the size of his head? Must take after his Grandpa Gene and Uncle Don. :) Poor kid. lol - just kidding.

This year I am going to attempt to make Henry's costume. I'll post it whether it's good, bad, or ugly but it will probably be a week or two. He's going to be a puppy dog, white and brown to match my Mom's cocker spaniel Katie. I bought a white hoodie sweatshirt and am going to sew brown ears and spots on it and then pair it with some brown sweats. Darrin suggested that I make the costume because his Mom used to make all of his, and he was always so proud that he was wearing something his Mom made (awwww!).

Today I was drawing a pattern for the ears on paper and showed it to him to see what he thought of the shape. He said, "I think you should get Ryan to do it." Ryan would be Henry's godfather, and an art teacher. I think I get the hint. ;o) But I kept working at it, and finally came up with one all by myself (so there!) that looks cute. Now I just have to get my felt cut and start assembling!