Happy Halloween!

For the last several months Helen and I have been going back and forth about what to do for Halloween costumes. Every year, we promise ourselves that we're going to leave ourselves plenty of time to find the PERFECT costumes and now that Charlotte is here we thought this year would be the perfect opportunity to be one of those darling families at the ward Halloween party.
We started thinking about costumes pretty early, but it was tough settling on anything. At first we were going to capitalize on the name we gave our daughter, Charlotte, and dress her up like a spider, I'd be a pig named Wilbur, and Helen would be Fern. That idea kind of fizzled, though, because we didn't think anyone would recognize Helen's costume.
Our next idea was a product of the current political atmosphere consuming all of our lives right now. Some ideas were kicked around about me dressing as Barack Obama, but I never really liked that--his ears are way bigger than mine. But I loved the idea of Helen dressing as Sarah Palin and Charlotte going as John McCain! But that idea also fizzled, partly because we're one of maybe two families in our ward who are democrats--and everyone knows it--and we didn't want to have to spend the night defending our views. (Wouldn't it have been hilarious, though to see Charlotte with her hair painted white and dressed in a little tiny suit!)
So, 3 nights before Halloween, we found ourselves in the same plight we've been in for the last 4 years in a row; What were we going to be for Halloween?!? (Just as a side note, Helen and I have actually been together for 5 Halloweens, but we don't really count last year because on the night before Halloween Helen and I got in a huge fight over what to be and we ended up not dressing up at all.)
So, with little time before the big night, my lovely wife decided that she would take matters into her own hands and personally ensure that she and Charlotte had the most fabulous costumes ever! (I had to work Halloween night, so we didn't spend too much time worrying about my costume) Helen made a dash to the fabric store, pulled out her sewing machine and went crazy. And the result was a truly glamorous duo of high fashion WITCHES. Take a look!