2012 PARTY-GOERS

The flamingo (Cora) and the Cheshire Cat (James) testing out the photo booth before the party-goers arrived. We left the gate up because we didn't want any of the little ones getting into the breakables on the stove or bumping heads on the brick.

Starting with the Costume Contest winners... 

Most Unique: Steampunk family (Cari, Mike, Bridger, and Jacob). They also won  for Best Theme, but we gave the prize to the next in line to spread the wealth, since our prizes of candy and Halloween accessories are well sought after...

Best Theme was then actually a tie. Best Theme #1: Salt and Pepper and their little chef (Olivia, Lauchlin, and Grady)

Best Theme #2: Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat (Violet and Mikey). Tan Mom (Christy) came in second place for Most Unique.

Most Cumbersome: the "fat" bunny (William, who is Azure's uncle visiting from out of town, thus he was dubbed "Uncle Bunny" for the evening). Pictured here with a unicorn (Amy), a bear (Seamus), a witch (Azure), and a skyscraper (Jason), who also had an honorable mention for Most Unique. Since the bunny had to rush home with the bear, the tied Best Theme groups each took a bag of candy home.

Wendy (Christina), Tinkerbell (Lauren), Captain Hook (Al), and Peter Pan (Will)

The flamingo joined the Penguin (Sandy), because birds of a feather stick together

A jester (Oliver), a tiger (Rohan), and the zookeeper (Keri)

The Candy Family: M&Ms (Ned and Mary Beth), a Hersey's Kiss (John), and a Hersey Bar (David)

The Superheroes: Elastagirl (Sophie), Clark Kent/Superman (Alex), Nacho Libre (Leo), and Spiderman (Manu)

And just for fun, here's an outtake of us trying to recreate our pose from Boo at the Zoo. Cora was for some reason not in the mood to be hung upside down, and in rebelling, grabbed my hem and hoisted. Luckily, I was wearing tights AND shorts underneath, and Jay was able to help me out...

Thanks again everyone, we highly enjoyed your creativity this year!