The Silva Family spends their Halloween in Ann Arbor, Michigan

1. The Silva Family October 2008

2. A princess? A bride? A bug catcher? A Forty-Niner fan? I know, MOM! I want to be Princess Giselle!

3. Princess Giselle? Where is this costume and how much would it cost? $60 plus shipping, shoes, and a crown? I think you’re going to have to pick something else, Kiely… Princess Giselle

4. Zee Moose A. Moose

6. Zee is about to come to life with $20 of materials, including 2 yards of blue fleece.

7. Our pipe cleaner flower

8. Zee’s feet post-stencils

9. Mom’s hand stitching the costume for she left her sewing machine in California…

10. Mess on the couch…

11. Mess on the floor…

12. Yay! We have something to try on. Round one complete!

14. Donahee Farms U-Pick Pumpkins

16. After some deliberation, we decided to NOT pick this pumpkin…

17. Kiely and her gourd

18. We found a Very Hungry Caterpillar eating a rotten, under-ripened pumpkin

19. SUCCESS! We found our pumpkin! 26 pounds, only 11 dollars!

20. Some random shots of the pumpkin patch $5? Who would pay that?

21. In case you’re wondering, we DID fork over $5.00 so Kiely could play in the Kiddy Area. In return she got to do a bunch of stuff like paint pumpkins…

22. And bounce in the jumpers… KIELY AIRBORNE! In Michigan, the ‘bouncy houses’ or ‘jumpers’ are referred to as a place where one can “Moonwalk,” or in this case, as the large Jack-o-lantern notes, “Pumpkin Walk”

23. … And play with cute beagle puppies.

25. Kiely’s got wings now!

26. Velcro

27. Putting on the wings!

30. Great, it fits – now the finishing touches…

31. A couple more hours and we have a face and a found pair of magenta long socks we bought two years ago at Gap Outlet

32. Ready for flight and trick-or-treating!