some really cool halloween costumes
I'm not a big Halloween person, but I was when I was a kid. My mom is a super expert seamstress, and she made some kick-ass costumes for me when I was little. For example, I had a full-on Ewok costume. Seriously. Step-in and zip it up, head-to-toe fur. I had a big stick, too. If my parents could remember, day-to-day, how to use their scanner, I'd have them send a photo. But alas. Also, I was ET (the extraterrestrial). Again with the full-on (hotter than hell) costume. My mom made other costumes for us; I think my brother was Big Bird one year. Or maybe not, maybe that was someone else or some other large yellow thing. The point is, my mom was really good at it. (Note to my parents: do not leave a comment that says "you were Michael Jackson, too, don't you remember? With the jacket and the glove and the body paint?" Yeah. Don't do that.)
But as much as I loved my mom's costumes, these moms (and dads) kick everyone's butt in costume-making:
Halloween costumes for kids in wheelchairs. One of our clients is
The Bridge School (yes, the one with the
concert) and as such I know all about how to make a
punk rock costume out of empty ice cream cartons, how to turn a wheelchair
into a bulldozer and so forth. Not that I have any use for these skills, but the photos are a hoot. These are some happy kids. (Check out the
flower garden!)
