Hungry Halloween?

This week has been swallowed up by halloween...
It all started last Sunday. Lucas is 6 foot 7 inches tall, so during past halloweens we joked about him being the green giant, "Ho Ho Ho" =) This year, being that I have time on my hands, I said I'd make it happen. Then on Sunday of last week he informed me that his work's halloween party was on Friday. At that point I hadn't done anything (but procrastinate), so I knew that I had to get moving if I was gonna make it work. That same day we drove out to Richmond to go to Michael's (a craft store) and find fake leaves. I have to admit that in the back of my mind I was hoping we wouldn't find any, knowing what a big job laid ahead of me. But alas, we did. The next day I found fabric, took measurements, came up with the design, and by Tuesday I was ready to start sewing. I worked my butt off for the next three and a half days. The most tedious part was sewing the leaves on...it took hours. But as the project came along everything was working out exactly how I imagined it. The icing on the cake was late Thursday evening when I made a half-ass attempt at making the booties...they where perfect! As all the pieces came together I just started laughing out loud at the thought of Lucas walking around down-town in this costume. By mid-Friday (which happened to be the day of my first missed chemo) it was done. Lucas came home from work and we got him all dressed up and I drove him back for his party...he won first place...WE won first place. All in all it wound up being really fun. I'll post a picture as soon as I get one.
The weekend was all about Kadir and me. On Saturday we went to a haunted house. It was a huge production put on by the Vancouver Film Industry. It was a spooky tour through some very recognizable tv sets. Kadir and I agreed it was not very scary, but there were a couple jumps...mostly from me =) Then to wrap things up...today Kadir and I went to the store and got pumpkins and decorations. We spent the afternoon decorating our front window and door in black and orange attire. Then we carved pumpkins. Kadir was absolutely grossed out by the insides of a pumpkin...he refused to use his hands. But he was very proud of his final product...made to look like his character in the video game World of Warcraft. He said I wasn't very creative, but I liked my traditional looking pumpkin with the triangle nose and eyes and the BIG grin with a few sporadic teeth. So, we're all set for Tuesday's trick or treaters...Happy Halloween!!!!