The Halloween Pics! (A Day and a Half Later)
Halloween has been a month long event here at our house. We got dressed in our costumes no less than a billion times and attended at least half a dozen parties as well as hosting one for all of my little guy’s friends. I’m now raiding the boys candy stash and recovering by convincing my husband that I need to take long naps.
We’ve been reading a lot of Halloween picture books about monsters and other spooky things this month. I reviewed Jeremy Draws a Monster, Goodnight Goon, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Where’s My Mummy, Dear Vampa, and A Very Hairy Scary Story. I had many more books in my pile that I thought for sure I would also review this month including Billy Bones: The Road to Nevermore, Frankenstein Takes the Cake, There Was An Old Monster!, Gris Grimly’s Wicked Nursery Rhymes, Thirteen O’Clock, Three Little Ghosties, and Spooky ABC. There’s always next Halloween right? I’m also halfway through Frankenstein by Mary Shelley which I didn’t finish for my face-to-face book club and Heather’s Dueling Monster’s Read-a-long. I’m still planning a review of that one.
As many of you know from the past photos of my husband that he’s a bit crazy about Halloween costumes. The past few years he’s dressed up as Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, and the Joker. He pulls them all off and looks great! Normally he works on the costume all year but everything changed this time around when Michael Jackson died. So yes, we succumbed to one of the most popular costumes this year and each of us dressed up as a different era in Michael Jackson’s life.
I know many of you have asked if Taylor won his office Halloween costume contest this year after winning two years in a row. In the morning he arrived as the black Thriller Michael Jackson and then at lunch time he changed to the white Billy Jean Michael Jackson (as seen in the pics above). It was hilarious because he came out dancing.
But did he win? Well, he got second place. Just take a look at the following photo and take a wild guess at who won (my husband even spent two nights helping his friend out with the winning costume – I swear I want to borrow it one day, it’s so cool).
I’d love to share some video with you of my husband dancing because he danced a ton! We are putting one together and I’ll add it in here and tweet the link as well when it goes up. It was really nuts. He really pulled off the look!
And well, to make the post a bit more bookish, guess who we ran into during our Halloween activities? Brandon Mull:
It was a fun time with the Jackson Four at our house!
What’s your favorite Michael Jackson look? Favorite song? So many kids didn’t know who we were! Luckily, we brainwashed our kids. They loved it. And know quite a few dance moves themselves.
*ahem* Can I just mention that my husband lost 40 lbs for this role! He looks fantastic! Now I need tips on how to convince him to get rid of that ponytail . . .
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You all look fabulous! I was never really all that fond of Michael Jackson until I met my husband, who was just old enough to be part of the craze, and now I have to admit to a certain fondness for his music.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 amWhat great costumes and what great fun! I don’t think we saw a single Michael Jackson at our house. I’m going to guess that the giant Lego guy won the costume contest.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 6:11 amI love it!!!!! Your costumes are fabulous. I liked the Motown Jackson Five and Thriller. Thanks so much for sharing your photos.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 amGreat photos. I remember The Joker photo, but I had not seen the Willy Wonka one. That hair must have looked GREAT out of costume.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 7:55 amI love it too! I’ve never listened to any of Michael Jackson’s music. I love the costumes! Your husband is a genius. Is he telling everyone where he works that he helped make the costume that won? It’s amazing!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 amThe costumes are superb. U guys must have had so much fun. Ur little ones look really really cute.My room mate was a Micheal Jackson fan during my residency in med school and I was subjected to his music every single day whether I liked it or not, until along the way I picked up her taste and started enjoying it.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 amLove the photos! Good thing Michael Jackson had so many eras to dress up in.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 amWow, that lego man is impressive! It looks like it’s a statue!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 amWow, amazing costumes!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 amOmiheck- those Michael Jackson costumes are so funny.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 amLove MJ and love your costumes! Was it the Lego Man who won? My kids would freak with excitement if they saw him.. they are Lego crazy.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 amNOBODY SHOW MY HUSBAND THE PICTURE OF THE LEGO COSTUME! Seriously, if he sees that he and Daniel will be Lego men every year in perpetuity.
Looks like you guys had a really fun Halloween, I love your costumes!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 amAwesome costumes. The kids are just too cute!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pmThis is such fun, thank you for sharing; I am eager now to see the dancin’!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pmWhat fun! I always think about doing a family theme Halloween but those darn kids have minds of their own!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 pmNatasha your boys are adorable and the family dressing up at MJ in all stages of his career is so creative! I watched the video of you reading Leonardo the Terribe to your boys last night. It definitely brought a big smile to my face and many happy memories of when my son (now almost 16) was young and I used to read him stories.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pmLove it! Your husband definitely got into the character. LOL.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 pmYou guys look amazing! I honestly had forgotten about the dancing with Taylor until you mentioned it and then I remembered the “newlywed” activity we had where you got Taylor to dance in front of everyone. Such a crack up and so good! By the way, Taylor looks great, tell him congrats on all the weight loss! It’s so hard, I’m envious.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 4:11 pmThese are awesome!
I love it. What a creative way to pay homage to MJ. Thanks for sharing.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pmToo cute!
Previous pics are awesome too!
Thanks for sharing. I’m being lazy and haven’t uploaded our pics. Damn wireless camera card broke so now I have to do it manually again. WTF is up with that!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 pmLove, love, love the costumes!
on November 2nd, 2009 at 5:28 pmFirst off, I’m glad you haven’t given up on Frankenstein … although I didn’t love it I AM glad I finished it.
Second, the costumes are FANTASTIC!!!
And way to go on hubby’s weight loss – yay! I can’t help with the ponytail thing though, as I’m rather a fan of it.
So glad you all had a great Halloween.
on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 pmI enjoyed reading this post! Great costumes and very, very nice pose! (So convincing!)
on November 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 pmYou have a beautiful (and fun) family!
Sorry your husband didn’t win the big costume prize this year but I’d have to say it looks like anyone would be hard pressed to win against the big guy in the middle of that picture.
Looks like you all had a wonderful time this halloween!
on November 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pmAh perfect. I love how he can get the mannerisms down for whatever his costume is. Did he ever do acting?
Favorite MJ stuff for me is the Thriller era… hands down for sure.
Can’t wait for the dancing video!
on November 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 pmHaha! Your costumes were GREAT! In the costume, your husband really looks like MJ. Amazing.
on November 3rd, 2009 at 8:53 pmThank you everybody for the comments! Yep, you guessed it. Lego Man in the middle one. Seriously one of the best costumes I’ve ever seen.
on November 4th, 2009 at 11:02 amYou all looked great. I personally love the Mj from the thriller days and smooth criminal has always been my favorite song, along with Man in the Mirror and some others.
Have you seen the new MJ movie. I loved it. you can check out my review here if you are interested: http://www.examiner.com/x-14902-DC-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d1-This-Is-It
I still can’t believe MJ is gone.
You guys look great!
on November 4th, 2009 at 12:50 pmWow, you guys sure go all out for Halloween! Great pictures!
on November 4th, 2009 at 4:01 pmI’ve met your husband once before and I seriously can’t remember him having 40 pounds to lose! Congratulations to him. That is so hard. Love the costumes.
on November 5th, 2009 at 9:56 pm