ANY EXCUSE FOR A COSTUME

Dearest Friends,

One of the things our Alexis loved most about life on the company compound was the many opportunities for "dressing up." Not only did they have a couple of official school plays each year, there were also lots of classroom skits as well.

And then, of course, there was always Halloween. While on home-leave, I happened to stumble across that phenomenal book pictured above. Turns out Jane Asher, former model/girlfriend to Paul McCartney, and sister to Peter Asher (singer?manager?), was one very creative mama! Anyway, the book seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was kind of like giving crack to an addict, as far as Alexis was concerned, and made a whole lot of work for her poor mama! That book is where Lex got the idea for her Can-Can-Girl costume that Halloween...

and where Austin got the idea for his Headless Horseman.

Building shoulders for the Headless Horseman

One of the new couples on the compound, Carol and Alan, must have shared our daughter's enthusiasm, for they got right into the spirit of things, and blew us all away with their costumes for the Halloween Hash (that trek through the jungle I mentioned a while back)...

while I did my best to just blend into the background.

Come to think of it though, Alexis didn't really care whether she had an official excuse to dress up or not...

Family Movie Night in the multi-purpose room.

 finding that often, it was even more fun to have the only beautiful costume around!