Aaaarrrr me maties, it's Halloween 2007!

Uh-oh. I'm beginning to suspect that parenthood has really brought out the cornball in me, what with a cheesy blog post title such as the above. I'd blame sleeplessness were it not for the fact that both my little guys are fabulous sleepers. Either way, I fear that my artsy-urban hipster status may be under siege. ;-)

Ridley was dressed as an undead pirate in a costume that was doubtlessly aimed to capitalize on the whole Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He is captured here in all his undead-pirate glory, his mouth besmeared with red dye #72 or whichever chemical is used to give Doritos their characteristic toxic red-orange colour. Nigel, for his part, looked fabulous in his Halloween cowstume.*

All in all, it was a successful deployment of Halloween festivities. Ridley chose not to trick-or-treat for very long, as his dislike of the dark won out over his love of candy. I suspect that next year, the candy will win.

Incidentally, you can click on any of the photos to see them at their full size. The artist/designer in me continually gripes over the layout limitations and lack of creative control experienced when using the Blogger templates. Grumble.

*This pun ©2007 Karen Johnson. Used with permission (?).