Halloween 2017 Mario Cart Family

Our Mario Cart Family. Andy really wanted to be Mario, John has a knack for being Luigi with a mustache, I've always wanted a princess peach in that combo...so that left Jay and I to come up with costumes. I remembered I had a banana from last year that I got at Goodwill for $2, so I hot glued a face on it and he was set. (I did find a yellow undershirt and pants at goodwill for .99 each also). My costume game out of not wanting to be bowzer, and needing a good idea. Luckily...most of the kids at school had some clue who I actually was:) I found the rust yellow turtleneck at an estate sale where I also bought a white sheet and then attempted to sew a cloud. I had the Mario costume and Luigi hat in my collection, which fit Andy perfectly. I got sick for most of the 2 weeks before Halloween, so the 2 hours before our "Trunk or Treat" event, I was frantically hot gluing pieces together and figuring out my fishing pole. I did find a crown (at Target...my only splurge ($5)for the whole family's costumes!)that tied on Ellie's head kind of like a headband...which worked perfectly because she wore it on top of a hat most of the time. Ellie's costume was a peice-it-together type thing, but it was so cold out that all the layers looked fabulous. Even her babysitter Ami dressed like Mario and took Princess Peach trick-or-treating:)

Ellie had a blast practicing. Jay even built her a few cardboard box doors to knock on. She usually just went in for the candy or commented on the "goggies" (Doggies). Sometimes she said "Sucker" or "Candy, Please". She was good at saying "bye-bye" to everyone.

Also, she thinks "knocking" is also "knuckles" (as in a fist bump)...which I guess it kind of is:)