A Princess and a Time Lord

I love Halloween.  I've always loved everything about it.  I love costumes.  I love candy.  I love scary movies.  I can't think of anything I don't like about Halloween.

Robyn, however, feels slightly different about Halloween.  For every ounce of love that I have for this holiday, Robyn has an equal amount of hatred for it.  However, this year we discovered the antidote to Robyn's hatred of Halloween.

All Robyn needed was the chance to dress like a princess.

Pretty pretty princess

She told me she wanted to buy a Sleeping Beauty costime, and she seemed like she was excited about it.  I had no idea how much she would enjoy it until she tried it on.  She was sooo happy!

Even without the dress, the shoes brought her great joy.

She wore her costume for the kids at school, and from what she tells me it was a big hit.  One girl came up to her and said, "Hello, Aurora!"  Robyn was totally a real princess.

That evening we stayed home to pass out candy to the children of the world.  I didn't really have a costume, but I wore my Doctor Who T-shirt.

Time lords totally take bathroom selfies.

I was surprised how many kids got really excited about my shirt.  It was almost like I was wearing a real costume.  I probably got more comments about my shirt than I get when I actually dress up.  One girl that was about 13 told me she was in love.  I just gave her candy and kept to myself how awkward that sounded.

My favorite Trick-or-Treater was a little girl who was in our Sunbeam class a few years ago.  She's 5 or 6 now.  She was dressed as a Victorian era vampire.  She had fangs with blood dripping down her chin, and she was wearing a fancy Victorian dress.  I told her she was a very scary vampire.  That pleased her greatly.  Then she told me about my neighbors who were less pleasing,  "They said I am a pretty princess.  I am NOT a princess!"

I'm glad we live in a world where my wife can be happy being a princess, and others can be just as happy as undead blood suckers.  I'd say that Halloween was a true success.

The Making of a Blue Man

Did I mention I love Halloween?  Well, this year my costume idea turned out to be a little more ambitious than in past years.  I just really wanted to be a blue man.

I think i pulled it off pretty well.  But the process turned out to be much more involved than I originally thought.  I started out looking like this:

Not a Blue Man

There are a few problems with the above picture.  Such as:
1. I'm not blue.  I'm rather white.
2. I have hair.

We decided to tackle the second problem first.  The first step was to trim my hair down so it would be easier to shave.

White man with short hair is not equal to blue man

That step wasn't too scary.  I normally cut my hair pretty short.  The next step was new for me.  I needed to shave my head.  So, I had to lather up with shave gel.

Precious? Yes.  Blue Man? No.

Robyn helped out quite a bit.  She was the one who actually ran the razor over every inch of my head.  The result was a completely bald Jeff.

I could have stopped here and gone as Mr. Clean

Finally, with no hair to get in the way I could begin the application of makeup.

This was the beginning of a ridiculously long process

Fast forward about five years later.  While I was applying my makeup, Robyn was putting together her costume.  I think we were officially the cutest couple ever.

Who would have thought that Cindy Lou Who would grow up to fall in love with a Blue Man?

The Aftermath
We went to a party with some friends, where I was able to share my blueness.  When I got home, I hopped in the shower and discovered the makeup was a little more difficult to remove than I thought.  I eventually got the hang of applying soap, makeup remover and plenty of elbow grease.  When I got out of the shower, I had cleaned up my skin for the most part, but it turned out my eyebrows were a little more difficult.

I was hoping it would be a permanent look.

Robyn said my blue eyebrows were unacceptable for bed.  She felt that our entire bed would turn blue if I had blue eyebrows.  I didn't feel that was true. But since I didn't try it, I can neither confirm nor deny the veracity of the blue bed theory.

Her belief in the blue bed theory was very strong so she got out the makeup removal kit and proceeded to scrub my eyebrows while I played on facebook.  It was a little awkward, but we both got what we wanted.  I wanted to play on facebook and she wanted my eyebrows to cease being blue.  Talk about a win/win.

In the end, it was a lot of work, but the awesomeness was totally worth it.  Now it's time to start planning next year's costume.

This is Halloween

This Halloween Robyn and I had some friends over and we carved pumpkins that we had grown in our garden. Here is a picture of us in our costumes with our precious little one. We have proven yet again that we can keep other life forms alive.

As I was carving, I was just going to make a mouth. I was thinking it could be the Mouth of Sauron.

But I wasn't sure if people would get it. So I added some angry eyes, just in case.

Of course, this year I dressed as Antoine Dodson for my costume. I tried to convince Robyn that we should both be the same thing but she wasn't a fan of the idea.  If you don't know who he is, you need to watch this and then this.

Once you have watched those two videos you can watch my video below. This was the crowning achievement of this year's Halloween.