Yes, that is what happened on Saturday. Shreya and her friends Megan and Emmalene (who are both exactly a week younger) had a Halloween party to celebrate their first birthdays. It was held at Hoffman Park (which Aai ,Tom, and I had previously spent several hours scouting out) about a 15 minute drive from our home.
Since it was a Halloween party, costumes were encouraged. Shreya went dressed as a white mouse, a costume which her mother and two grandmothers made on Saturday morning, in the midst of all the other preparations for the party. She was as cute as a button!
Other costumes in attendance included two pumpkins (twins), two butterflies (unrelated), a turkey, a black-eyed pea, a panda, a dog, a dinosaur, a fish (Nemo), a ladybug, a cat, and my personal favorite, a kangaroo, complete with baby kangaroo in pouch. (Click to enlarge the images.)
Most of the grown-ups did not wear costumes, or if they did, they were minimal ones like Varsha's cat ears and tail. Notable exceptions were Shreya's grandparents who brought their costumes all the way from Ann Arbor!
The "boo"thday cake made for the girls by Megan's mom probably deserves to be mentioned earlier, as it was very yummy (and spooky!)
The birthday girls were largely unaware of it being their big day, even when we sang to them!
It was a fun party and everyone had a great time, even though they hardly made a dent in all the food we had provided.
Our scary friend Jack was there too. (He looks less scary in daylight.) Jack came home with us and patrolled our porch to greet the trick-or-treaters.
The kangaroo is pretty awesome. I saw the little Nemo costume on Castro this year at Halloween and it made me want to have a baby instantaneously. That kid was so darn cute!!! His parents were dressed in all blue -- it was very creative. I like Shreya's costume too -- it reminds of the ones I rigged for Jason and myself. How did you make the ears? That is impressive!!
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