HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween has got to be a dreamer's favorite holiday... You get to create your identity for the day; the sky is the limit. Have you always wanted to be a princess? Be a princess! You really want to be a cockroach? Go be a cockroach! Nerds are suddenly cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are nerds. Models are zombies. And everyone looks fabulous!

We go all out for Halloween! It was always big at the Sorensen house. It's still big here in the Brooks home! Chad and I love figuring out how original we can get--no pirates or witches or vampires for us, baby! (Although Chad says that if we do ever go that route, we'll be the RADDEST pirates EVER!!) And no store-bought costumes either--costumes that look like someone's bored attempt at creating a look-alike outfit. No, we get serious! We go to the thrift stores, we cut, we sew, we paint, we glue, we LOVE our Halloween costumes!!

In the past, we've been a homemade Jack and Sally--Chad won for scariest costume. When I was ENORMOUS last year, with Coren in the oven, we were Hefty and Glad bags--we won most original. This year we did Labyrinth--Awesome!!! Chad was Jareth, the Goblin King (aka David Bowie), and he went all out with the wig, the tight pants, the sparkly jacket, etc. I was Sarah, and Coren made a perfect little Toby. We had four different Halloween parties--Chad's costume won at all four!! That's right, all four!! I was so proud!! This is the way to do Halloween: No holds barred, and never do it halfway! It rocks!!

As a P.S.: I discovered a fabulous thing about Labyrinth this week. First, everyone who ever saw it had a crush on David Bowie... It is the weirdest truth I have ever come across! Now, I know I always had a secret crush on him; and I can remember talking to friends in high school who shared the same secret sentiments. But this week I had Relief Society presidency members come up and confess their secret love of Jareth. Cute eleven year-old neighbors admitted it. It was the greatest thing I've ever heard--Jareth lovers may be the biggest support group in the country! So let's give some credit where it's due.... Give it up to David Bowie, who made a man in spandex, a huge 80s mullet, and a lot of make-up look absolutely delicious! For having that air of charisma that convinced a generation (and more, it seems) that he was the best thing to ever happen to them! We still love you, David!!