Thankfully, Bennett was all for being a fireman (but I have already been told that next year he's going to be a dinosaur). So, I bought Bennett's costume and got to work making Cannon's fire costume and smoke hat. It turned out really cute, but I think I got a little carried away with the smoke hat. It wound up being rather large.
I wasn't able to get a good photo because the reflective strips on Bennett's jacket made flash photos turn out terrible, but if I turned the flash off, any slight move turned into a blur. Like this:
Oh well.
Once we got all dressed up, we went to Sam's Club. I had been there earlier in the day, and the cashier told me they were doing trick-or-treating in the store that evening if I wanted to bring the boys back. So I did. We just went around to each department and trick-or-treated. We (Cannon) definitely got lots of looks and laughs. On our way out, Bennett spotted a fire and ran to the rescue!
Thank goodness he was there. That could've been bad.
Here's a couple more photos I made in an attempt to get a good one.
You'll have to pardon that big ol' belly in that last picture. It's a bit unavoidable these days. :)
I should have made the smoke hat before the day-of, because it needed more time to set. I used loose batting and spray adhesive to make it all stick together, and it just didn't stay together very well. By the end of the night, Cannon had chunks of "smoke" hanging down his back. I'm sure we left a nice little trail of gray batting around the neighborhood. It seemed like it was going to stay together, but once he got it on and started walking around, that puff of smoke was shaking around on that little head of his and didn't stand a chance.
We had a good time. Mama and Daddy came over and while Josh made beer cheese soup and homemade sourdough bread (that was delicious), Mama passed out candy on our front porch while Daddy and I took the boys around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat.
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