remember how little j wanted a homemade halloween costume this year? and remember how i slyly talked him into being a ghost, because it's about the easiest costume in the world to make?

he he.

we had a school function on monday night that involved halloween costumes. as you can see, little j WASN'T a ghost. this is due to the fact that his mother is about as handy as a mitten. i somehow sliced my finger cutting the eyeholes and got blood all over the white sheet. while little j thought having real human blood on his costume was cool, i decided other mothers might look at me funny. not that they don't already.

to make a long story short, we scoured the house for anything that could possibly be construed as a costume and came up with....drum roll...michael phelps. the orange cap wearing, pasty white, froggy swim trunk version.

and next to him is his side-kick, hines ward the pittsburgh steeler. how does that happen in a house full of bronco fans? dang kids.