caleb has been obsessed with this show for several months now:
and ben, being the good dad he is, got a creative idea. caleb as a musketeer for halloween? why not. but instead of buying the costume ($35), ben decided to make it. that's right, make it. i have to admit i was pretty skeptical. but we are talking about a man and a dream here people. turns out ben and a glue gun make a deadly team.
here is ben martha stewart strader hard at work:
and a picture of him wearing the half-finished product...
and now, for the unveiling of the masterpiece...
(let's pretend those are tears of joy in the corner of his eyes. he wasn't happy about the fashion show.)
caleb loved it, especially the sword.
can you believe it? he drew the fleur de lis freestyle. with puff paint, nonetheless.
there's nothing like a little blood, sweat and one HUGE thumb blister (still healing) to make for a great time. we had a fun halloween...a ward trunk-or-treat, then trick-or-treating with our friends the beckers last night. (thanks again for the fun! and i'm not as socially retarded as ben said. i am socially retarded, just not to the level he proposed.)
ben set the bar for this year, i'm excited to see halloween 2009.
hope everyone had a great time!
18 comments:
Cool costume Caleb. Way to go Ben!
Thank you guys for coming over and spending the candy holiday with us! It is so fun having friends like you two & Kali was so happy to have Caleb trick or treat with her, bounce with her & watch Madagascar. Oh and I have a brownie for a very late night snack--YUM!
Man, we always knew Ben was amazing, but crafty too? Watch out there Martha!! Caleb looked very noble in his costume. Loved it!!
VERY IMPRESSIVE!!! He looks super cute.
That little Musketeer can rescue me any day!! So cute, way to go Ben.
holy cow! that is adorable! good job, martha! i'm impressed --- are you SURE you're going into the right line of work?? :) what a sweet little trick-or-treater!
Ben needs to quit school and become a seamstress...wow! That is fantastic. My boys have been looking at the pics all day long!
You have quite the seamstress in the family... I had Mick read it about the glue gun and his response was "That guys awesome!!"
your man has some serious skills. Ben (wilson) could have used his help...
way cute!!!
That is some mighty nice handy work my friend!
OK, first glance it seriously looked like your hub was making that costume with a drill! I was thinking, wow, typical. :) The costume is fabulous!
awesome costume, great job.
loved your costumes for the halloween party. too funny!
What an awesome and cute costume! Great job Ben!
I am so very impressed! Does Ben take orders? Because I'm gonna need 2 Lukes, 2 Leias and a Yoda costume for next year. Get going!
So Cute! (Is that an ok word to use for a boy??? lol) I love how creative you guys are! I'm a sucker for paying the Disney prices!
What are you and Caleb doing tomorrow?? How about a playdate?
WOW! I'm so impressed! Ben is talented! I don't think I could even come close to that good! He's welcome to make my girls costumes next year. I guess they may not want to be musketeers though. :) Can he make princess outfits?
We had such a great time with you guys on Sunday! We HAVE to get together again soon! :) I can say that I don't know how you think you are socially retarded...it always makes me laugh when you say that....you guys are SO FUN to be with!
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