Catwoman + Mustard (and Ketchup and Fries).

Most years my kids have done a joint costume and I create a pretty epic picture for them. But this year they decided to do their own thing. My youngest and her best buds thought it would be hilarious to go together as mustard, ketchup, and french fries. And they were right! So we headed to our favourite local burger joint, The Tuck Shop for their adorable Halloween picture!

Meanwhile my oldest wanted to go as a ninja or something similar. After a lot of back and forth, she landed on Catwoman! We have a pretty awesome view of the city from our balcony which made the perfect scene for her picture.

On Halloween night just as the sun was setting Catwoman and Mustard headed out in search of Mustard’s missing pieces (and to collect candy of course). They knocked on doors as they headed down the street.

It wasn’t long before they ran in to Hotdog!! That was a very exciting moment for Mustard…and Hotdog! They asked if they had seen Ketchup and Fries, but they had only seen Spicy Mustard and Burger (who was sitting on the porch).

After saying goodbye to Hotdog, Catwoman heard her friends calling. She wished Mustard goodluck as she slipped in to the night off on a new mission to collect as much candy as possible with Cat, Cousin It, Cruella, and Hermes.

As Mustard continued on, it wasn’t long before she saw that big red bottle of Ketchup! Mustard and Ketchup were together again! They skipped down the street feeling almost whole! There was one more missing piece. Fries.

After a whole block, French Fries were nowhere to be found. But they did run in to another Hotdog who said they had not seen Fries but would relay any messages if they ran in to them. After relaying the message, the hunt for Fries continued. This time they had to go through the spookier parts.

After the Candy Take-Out Window they turned the corner, and just around the bend they spotted FRIES!!! Their mission was accomplished. They were reunited and felt complete!

They ate candy while reminiscing about the evening. When it was time to for everyone to pack it in for the night, Mustard called out for Catwoman. Once she arrived they headed home to fall asleep in their pile of candy.

The end.

I was reeeeaaaaally looking forward to this years trick or treating adventure because I jumped on the mirrorless bandwagon and got my hands on the Canon R6!! I also updated my lenses! It has been an absolute dream shooting with this camera. It handles low light much better than I expected.

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Susie Derkins + Hobbes

We LOVE the Calvin and Hobbes series and have read it over and over and over again! When Audrey got her haircut before school started she loved that she resembled Susie Derkins and that’s when the idea to dress up as Susie and Hobbes stemmed from.
Every year we create a fun picture (see Astrid + Stormfly, and Hilda + Twig, and Hermione + Ginny). So we got to work reading the series again in search for the perfect picture. This might be the only block of comic where Hobbes is a real life tiger with Susie in the scene. Usually he appears as a stuffed tiger whenever Susie enters. To be fair we only searched through 7 or 8 books before giving up because we loved this scene so much we thought it’d be hard to beat.

Here’s the comic strip we took it from.

And of course we like to carve our pumpkins to match our theme. This year, because of Covid-19 trick or treating was cancelled. But we still wanted to capture our Halloween adventure like we do every year. We just had to do it a little differently this time. We thought it would be fun to go for a Halloween walk with our Calvin pumpkin and take pictures with the decorations while I give my children candy for letting me take pictures. Win win! So off we went!

The streets were relatively quiet. But every so often we had someone call us over. “Hey, we have a candy shoot!” And my goodness were those shoots the best idea!!

One family even had a giant spider with glowing red eyes holding a bucket that would slide along a string from the porch to the sidewalk! It was brilliant!

And some people just put candy out for kids to help themselves. Don’t worry, all that unexpected candy is in quarantine.

The night ended wonderfully by stopping at our friends house to sit in the back yard around the fire pit. Needless to say, our Halloween wasn’t a disappointment at all! But we do hope things are more normal next year.

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