Month: November 2015

Made up a whole new Halloween genre

Theres a lot of creativity required when trying to pull off Halloween whilst moving into a new home. Behold: zombie doctor, Arden!

Zombie Doctor
Zombie Doctor

And her victims/patients (she gobbled us up, and then felt ethically bound to stitching the wounds):

Madame Pirate
Madame Pirate
All stitched up, but beginning to turn
All stitched up, but beginning to turn (Roenne and I also had stitches upon the flesh)
When theres no time or inclination to carve pumpkins....(draw, cut out, stick em on lamps)
When theres no time or inclination to carve pumpkins….(children draw, adults cut out the tricky parts, and stick em on lamps)

So grateful for a fun, first Halloween in San Francisco. Our friends, Florrie, Kevin, Annabelle and Leo (another Atlanta transplant family) were gracious enough to invite us to their famous street in Cole Valley (Belvedere), which had a live band and awesomely decorated houses. #scaryblessed

Also, special shout out to mom, Carol Saddington for buying the doctor and pirate dress ups for Arden’s birthday in January. Went a long way towards helping us hack together another zero spend Halloween!

Super fierce Annabelle as Cleo (bad photog mommy couldn't get child out of the shadow)
Super fierce Annabelle as Cleo (bad photog mommy couldn’t get child out of the shadow)