I had found when I told folks who Lydia was going to be for Halloween that Sword and the Stone was not Disney's most popular movie. So I have provided some pictures so you know who we are
Disney's version of Sword in the Stone
The Hatten Family's version of The Sword in the Stone
I do have to say, these were the most fun costumes we have done yet. Most everything was something we had to we borrowed. I enjoyed creating the costumes instead of just buying a
pre-made one. I thought you could see the "inscription" on the sword from this picture.
Here is Merlin, Wart/Boy/King Arthur, Merlin and the Archimedes the Owl. In the movie, Arthur's foster family call him Wart or "the boy" most of the movie. So if you ask what Lydia what she was for Halloween she would tell you "the boy". I thought we would just embrace Lydia looking like a boy instead of fight it.
and here is our version. I think we entered Mark and Lydia in a Father/Daughter contest they would have won. Everyone commented on his costume, no one guess Merlin exactly but they all knew he was a wizard. If you want to see a cool Mother/Son combo head on over to Miranda's blog..she has come cute pictures of the kids together as well.
Mad Madame
Mims. She is a female wizard that
Melin duels in the movie. I guess there is such a
character in the book but her name is something different. It is too early for me to text April what it is so just believe me or google it!
Here is Wart trying defeat the evil Mad Madame
Mims. I tried very hard to make my hair purple. I used two cans of that spray stuff.
Lydia and
Braylon trick or treated a little together in
Braylon's neighborhood.
Then we visited our friends that we do every year b/c they all live in like a half mile radius of each other.
Vickie and Jack
Uncle Mike and Aunt DJ
and what officially was our first place but I was tired of fighting the pictures on here
Mike and Donna's
Archimedes, I think he is my favorite character in the movie. I first was going to try and be him but Owl costume was going to be too hard. Thanks Braylon for letting us borrow your Owl! He is riding on top of Mark's hat in case you missed him the first time.
More Halloween 2007
We made it to my mom and dad and Aunt Kathy's but I think that was toward the end of the evening and the kids were really fighting the cameras. I know I did not get any pictures but Kathy and Nonni might have.
Here is Lydia opening her gifts on Christmas morning. We had brunch for the whole family that morning even the puppies...here is Geno rockin his WVU gear his cousin Louie got for him.
and here is Lydia rockin her WVU gear. Uncle Mike and Aunt Kelly got this for her and loves it. She has been wearing it to basketball games and she tell people she is a Mountaineer.
She loves her tools. Even though they are not official Handy Mandy tools, She calls them Pat, Squeese, Dusty, Philpi (sp?), Turner and Stretch.
She would not stop playing with them to open more of her toys.!
I got her more of the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willams.
Princess Yatzee that I think is harder than real Yatzee..
These next couple of pictures are ones that Lydia took...This is Uncle Mike scratching his lottery tickets.
This is Mark..not sure what she was telling her.
Now he is opening his stocking but you can see a little part of her finger.
They are stylin...looks like high tea in England right?
Cheers!
Lydia is not so sure about it.
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and we have contact!!!!! I downloaded Firefox and now I am able to upload pictures again..I don't have any new pictures of Lydia on my laptop but I will fix that right away!! 
