Once Upon a Happy Halloween

Day #31

Our town did Trick or Treating Thursday night.

Something about high school football and weekend hooligans.

It was COLD.

We dress up as a family every year for Halloween.

This year we were three princesses and Prince Charming.

Snow White, Belle, Prince Charming and Cinderella.

We didn’t even think about how the little kids on our street would react when they saw us.

Oh my goodness!

I think only the year we were Santa Claus, 

Mrs. Claus, an elf and Rudolf 

did we get more attention.

We go to a neighborhood Spooky Supper every year before Trick or Treating.

How cute are these wood slab pumpkins my neighbor Julie made?

The little kids playing in the yard STOPPED when they saw us walk up.

They ran up to us.

One adorable little girl asked to get a picture taken with us.

I guess she asked her parents if we were the REAL princesses and her dad said,

“No! It’s just the Hartranfts!”

I feel like there should be a "ba da bing ching”

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That same little girl followed us around and complimented EVERY SINGLE part of our outfits. She made us feel, for a tiny second, what it would be like to walk around in costume at Disney World. 

Ellie decided she needs that to be her job one day.

Disney World Princess.

Another little girl sat by McDaniel and just pet her arm.

Don’t let her scary bat face fool you. She was ENTHRALLED with Belle.

Our outfits:

I got my Snow White outfit on the serious cheap last Spring or Summer. 

Halloween sites send me emails 

when sales are coming so 

I can take advantage.

Monte’s Prince Charming jacket is the women’s blazer he was trying on during Ellie’s Thrift Store Birthday Party scavenger hunt last July. The shoulder tassels are curtain tie-backs from the same thrift store.

We realized that women’s blazers do not have shoulder pads. In this decade, at least.

Monte shoved some of his rolled up long socks where shoulder pads should be and he looked like he was ready for the football field.

Or Carol Burnett playing Scarlett O’Hara:

So I had him tone it down a bit.

When we came back from the Spooky Supper, Monte found one rolled up sock had moved south a bit  to the chest area.

Awk-ward.

I made Ellie’s glass slippers using black thrift store pumps.

I spray painted them white and then added some white sparkly glitter while the paint was still wet.

I hot glued iridescent sparkles on the strap and edges of the shoe.

This is a post-trick or treating picture so they are a bit beat up.

We took a little pillow from our bed and put one of Cinderella’s shoes on it for Prince Charming to hold.

Will it fit??

We got Ellie’s dress this summer at a consignment shop that had a room with prom dresses on clearance.
We tucked tulle into the strapless dress to look like sleeves.

Yes!

But neither seemed stoked about it.

We bought a Belle outfit online but it was so cheap and sheer and SHORT and just not good quality. 

I had it in my head that the thrift store dress Ellie wore as Ginger a few years ago when we were the characters from Gilligan’s Island would work if I just pinned bunches in it like Belle’s dress had.

Dress for Ginger.

Dress for Belle. 

It’s still short but I like the way it turned out.

I don’t know what’s happening in this picture but Nigel is walking away.

The wig that came with the Snow White costume made me look like one of the Beatles or Monkees.

So I just tucked and pinned my own hair back to look shorter.

Prince Charming isn’t even stopping me from eating the poisonous apple.

In fact, he looks a little guilty.

Then it got weird.

Is Cinderella talking on her shoe phone??

What’s wrong with Prince Charming?

Avenge me, Belle!

Too late, the apple did me in.

Prince Charming stepping up…

Belle?! Get out of my fairy tale!

Will true love’s kiss work?

YES!

Snow White is awake!

Claire (our photographer) decided that we needed action shots on the trampoline.

Snow White got some air!

Belle can move in an evening gown!

This makes me laugh.

Happy Halloween…

…and happily ever after!