the blue blog archives: happy halloween from thing one and thing two

B actually said "I'm Thing One. Now I can bump around the house!" Uh oh, what have I gotten myself into?!

My Cat in the Hat "costume" was a little less literal. I got the colors right though.

The Things were a huge hit in the neighborhood. When a group of 11 year-old boys in Scream costumes spontaneously declared "those are the BEST costumes", I took that as a real compliment. A similarly-aged cowgirl passed S and said appreciatively, "nice hair!" S responded, "no, it's a wig."

posted by alison at 9:42 pm | in halloween things

Comments

The costumes are fantastic! Congrats on a successful halloween!

Posted by: Erin at October 31, 2005 9:47 PM

may i be the first to say, the things at the door are just completely perfect!

Posted by: e at October 31, 2005 9:48 PM

I have never had a Hallowe'en that didn't necessitate mittens, never mind snowpants, parka, boots...going as Hermione today I wore nylons, two pairs of wool knee socks, thick boxers, the skirt, long sleeved shirt, buttoned shirt, sweater, mitts, and my robe. And I was still really cold.

The only reason I'd ever want to live in the states so that I could wear a Hallowe'en costume the way it's meant to be worn!

Posted by: Karlie at October 31, 2005 9:49 PM

Those costumes really are the best costumes I've ever seen! My 3 year old would not even put his on, boy am I glad I decided not to make one this year.

Your boys are adorable!

Posted by: Heather's Knits at October 31, 2005 9:50 PM

Trust me, Karlie, we're not used to this sort of weather on Halloween! But my boys have been so lucky - for the last three years we've had a warm spell right on Halloween. It's been great getting to see all the kids' costumes unobscured by giant coats and mittens and stuff. Hooray for good Halloween weather!

Posted by: alison at October 31, 2005 9:53 PM

Those really are the BEST costumes. They are too adorable.

Congrats on having the best dressed kids this Halloween!

Posted by: Heather at October 31, 2005 9:55 PM

Them's some adorable Things you've got there, Miss Alison! And they look as though they could cause as much trouble as the originals!

Posted by: Erica at October 31, 2005 9:55 PM

I am lost for words! I wish your boys could have knocked at my door! They look AMAZING! And those grins. WOW! Congratulations, Alison, two things very well done!!!

Posted by: Ellen at October 31, 2005 10:01 PM

Thank you for sharing!
It's a delight to visit your site!

Donna

Posted by: Miz Booshay at October 31, 2005 10:14 PM

The BEST costumes ever! What will you ever do to top this next year?

Posted by: Beth at October 31, 2005 10:16 PM

Just as I expected! They look terrific! If they had come to my door looking like that I would have emptied my candy bowl into their pumpkins. Too cute!

Posted by: allison at October 31, 2005 10:18 PM

I think you're right, Beth, there's really no point in trying to top these. As a Halloween costume-maker, I believe I've peaked!

Posted by: alison at October 31, 2005 10:19 PM

impressive work - your poor fingers must be down to the bone by now. the boys look so thrilled with their costumes - the envy of the neighborhood for sure. what a great mom!

Posted by: jennifer at October 31, 2005 10:20 PM

Those are the Coolest.Costumes.Ever.
You get lots and lots of Mommy Stars for these!

Posted by: Katy at October 31, 2005 10:20 PM

Those are awesome! You're such a great mom AND a speedy knitter!

Posted by: Angela at October 31, 2005 10:23 PM

Amazing!! The photo of them at the door is priceless.

Posted by: Lauren at October 31, 2005 10:25 PM

FABULOUS! They looks adorable.

Posted by: Jackie at October 31, 2005 10:52 PM

Too cute! I actually saw two boys as Thing 1 and Thing tongiht while trick or treating. Sure you didn't come to Va. for the candy?!

Posted by: Liz at October 31, 2005 10:57 PM

They're just so cute!! And the costumes are absolutely awesome!

Posted by: yuvee at October 31, 2005 11:10 PM

Yay, congrats! They look so awesome!

Posted by: Monica at October 31, 2005 11:28 PM

Adorable! Those costumes are perfect, and the joy on their faces says it all.

----------
As Halloween night crept along to the end,
nothing disturbed the doorways but a breeze or a wind.

The treats were checked to be fit for consumption
so all little boys and girls could have something.

When it seemed there were no more tricks to be done,
Thing 2 leaned over and said to Thing 1…

When mothers were chosen in that place where this happens,
we were the luckiest chaps out of dozens and dozens!
----------
(my apologies to Dr. Suess)

Posted by: Bliss at October 31, 2005 11:48 PM

oops...Dr. Seuss

Posted by: Bliss at October 31, 2005 11:50 PM

How cute, Bliss - thanks! (And thanks for being a sock savior too - I heard that your new pal loved the socks!)

Posted by: alison at November 1, 2005 12:17 AM

Super work. I've been watching your progess and they are just fabulous. Me, myself and I are a little craftier with the cardboard, paint and glue.

Posted by: Ann at November 1, 2005 12:18 AM

Too cute. My little guys looked like that last picture at the end of the night, too. Well, aside from the blue hair ;-)

Posted by: Kathy at November 1, 2005 12:44 AM

Good for you, Ann. I have to admit that one reason why I didn't go the store-bought t-shirt + fabric paint route is that I'm just not that crafty!

Posted by: alison at November 1, 2005 12:47 AM

"No, it's a wig." So funny and so adorable!! You definitely win the best costume prize and fastest knitter prize!! Lots of fun to have great costumes and a great mom. :)

Posted by: Laura at November 1, 2005 12:55 AM

cute!!! those intarsia designs are Seussian perfection. S and B look so happy; i'm sure they'll be dating back to this memory for years to come.

Posted by: meowgirl at November 1, 2005 12:59 AM

fantastic costumes! now, i need to learn how to intarsia so i can figure out how to make my own thing sweater.

Posted by: ung at November 1, 2005 3:16 AM

You do great things!!

Posted by: kimberly at November 1, 2005 3:19 AM

These are the best Halloween costumes I've seen this year! Congratulations!

Posted by: Betsy at November 1, 2005 3:34 AM

Aaaaak!!! What a gas! Your boys look so great! Good job!!!

Posted by: Tiffany at November 1, 2005 3:35 AM

Your boys must have had such fun! They truly look so adorable and mischevious. Great job, Alison!

Posted by: Jenny at November 1, 2005 3:45 AM

Fantastic! they look the business as we say over here. A knitterly triumph. Well done mum!

Posted by: Janine at November 1, 2005 4:53 AM

So cute! You must be the rockin'est mom ever (next to my own of course ;) )!

Posted by: Jessica at November 1, 2005 5:42 AM

Alison they are just WAY to cute. Brilliant idea, gorgeous boys.

Posted by: jo at November 1, 2005 5:55 AM

We don't know much about Dr Seuss here in Sweden, but I have seen the movie with Mike Meyers... :) And your "things" are much, much cuter! Nice knitting!

Posted by: AnnaA at November 1, 2005 6:09 AM

Perfect! What great costumes.

Posted by: Iris at November 1, 2005 6:14 AM

I love the "too much candy" photo. It truly tells the whole story.

Posted by: Dena at November 1, 2005 7:18 AM

I love the "too much candy" photo. It truly tells the whole story.

Posted by: Dena at November 1, 2005 7:20 AM

Perfect!

Posted by: Kathleen at November 1, 2005 7:24 AM

Your 'Thing's look wonderfull. :D

Worth the work.

Posted by: Traci Sue at November 1, 2005 7:27 AM

Those costumes ROCK! And compliments from pre-teens? Priceless! Just amazing knitting - AMAZING!!!!! And you have to love the fact that your kids love their shirts and will wear them waaaay beyond Halloween.

I'm with Dena -- the too much candy picture IS Halloween. Completely timeless.

Posted by: Joan at November 1, 2005 7:30 AM

What a smashing success! The compliments from the 11-year-olds must have been quite a thrill.

Posted by: Songbird at November 1, 2005 7:35 AM

You are the knitting mother of the year. How did you ever finish in time. Amazing.

Posted by: Abigail at November 1, 2005 7:49 AM

the boys look amazing! And SO proud of their costumes (as well they should be!) Great job.

Posted by: Rachel H at November 1, 2005 7:54 AM

Wow ... great costumes. And as Joan noted, compliments from the pre-teen set indicate ultimate coolness.

Posted by: Ruth at November 1, 2005 7:59 AM

aww, they are the best costumes i have ever seen. your boys are so lucky!

Posted by: blossom at November 1, 2005 8:09 AM

AWESOME! We had a couple things on candy around here too - only they were in disguise as Darth Vader and a Butterfly Princess. Yay for Halloween!

Posted by: Cara at November 1, 2005 8:10 AM

What an incredible Halloween! Congratulations on such wonderful boys and costumes, too!

Posted by: Brynne at November 1, 2005 8:27 AM

By far the best costumes I've ever seen. You're in trouble now....how will you ever top these next year!?!

Posted by: Saun at November 1, 2005 8:47 AM

This is awesome, congratulations !! We all knew you could do it.

Posted by: Stephie at November 1, 2005 9:01 AM

oh my goodness - those are too precious. what a fantastic idea!

Posted by: Ann at November 1, 2005 9:08 AM

Wonderful, wonderful!! Really, really great. Super! Super! (Double superlatives because you made not one, but two fantabulous costumes. Alison, they're wonderful!)

Posted by: --Deb at November 1, 2005 9:12 AM

Awesome!!!

Posted by: Andrea at November 1, 2005 9:27 AM

Holy cow! Those costumes rock! I can not believe you did them so fast!

Posted by: Karen at November 1, 2005 9:33 AM

The costumes are fantastic! Congrats on a great job. Your sons have just the right amount of charm and mischief in their eyes to go with the costumes!

Posted by: Kathode Ray Tube at November 1, 2005 9:35 AM

The things looked just dandy,
All ready to get some candy.

When they knocked on the door
Grown-ups couldn't resist a roar,
Or the urge to hand over the store.

Thing 1 & Thing 2 were glad to have their pick,
But sad that they could play no trick.
Oh well, I guess that's why they ate themselves sick!

Posted by: anmiryam at November 1, 2005 9:44 AM

Amaaaaaaazing. Jaw-droppingly amazing.

Posted by: neysa at November 1, 2005 9:45 AM

Awesome! What an odessey to see you create these costumes! The boys are super lucky! And hooray that they had such a good time in them.

Posted by: Jen at November 1, 2005 9:54 AM

It looks like your Thing 2 had a little too much "Chocolate Thun-da" there at the end!

Posted by: Christy at November 1, 2005 10:01 AM

I love the costumes!

Posted by: Liz at November 1, 2005 10:03 AM

Wow. Just wow. Any chance I could convince you to knit MY costume next year? *bats eyelashes* ;-)

Posted by: Sneaksleep at November 1, 2005 10:22 AM

Seriously, if the 11-yr-olds were complimenting them, those costumes are the ultimate in coolness. But the happy smiles on the boys' faces say it all! Fabulous!!

Posted by: Carrie at November 1, 2005 10:41 AM

Your Things will remember these costumes! My 13 year old still remembers the year I made him a Ninja Turtle costume (out of a discarded kiddie pool and some yard goods -- couldn't afford the boughten kind), and he was about your boys' age.

Posted by: Judy at November 1, 2005 11:06 AM

You really outdid yourself on those costumes. Really! :-) And they even fit well, which Halloween costumes so seldom do.

I hope they'll wear those sweaters after the holiday, too. :-)

Posted by: Beth S. at November 1, 2005 11:26 AM

AWESOME! excellent pics. thx for sharing.

Posted by: Orli at November 1, 2005 11:29 AM

aww, that last picture of thing 2 is classic

love the costumes, my kids are jealous!

Posted by: Leigh at November 1, 2005 11:36 AM

Not that crafty? Ha! What lucky boys to have such a creative mother who can make such cool costumes!

Posted by: michelle at November 1, 2005 11:51 AM

Those costumes are the BEST! Or should I say "the cat's meow!"

Posted by: Sharon at November 1, 2005 11:58 AM

Terrific job on both :).

Posted by: Isela at November 1, 2005 12:03 PM

great costumes! the boys look so adorable!

Posted by: melissa at November 1, 2005 12:37 PM

They look fabulous! Congratulations!

Posted by: Jes at November 1, 2005 12:37 PM

ohmigosh. SO perfect. you're the best mom! thank you for being my vicarious halloween :)

Posted by: tatjana at November 1, 2005 2:40 PM

Oh, Alison, they're absolutely fabulous! Great photos, too. Congratulations. I'll bet those Things are the talk of the town!

Posted by: Vicki at November 1, 2005 2:40 PM

Very, very nice! What fun. I'm sure they'll remember it for a long time and so will you.

Posted by: sedie at November 1, 2005 3:19 PM

Woohoo... for the Things! And for mummy... I have been watching with baited breath to see if you finished on time. It absoultey tipped it down with rain on my two. They looked like drowned rats.

Posted by: noonie at November 1, 2005 5:12 PM

Just beyond cool -- I feel shame for buying my little girl's costume. I LOVE THESE!!

Posted by: Leslie at November 1, 2005 5:16 PM

Every day from here to there, funny things are everywhere! Awesome outfits!

Posted by: Kerstin's Pete at November 1, 2005 7:20 PM

SCORE! Thing 1 and Thing 2 look fantastic and they look so very happy with their costumes. You are Super Mom!

Posted by: Karma at November 1, 2005 7:36 PM

They are toooo cute! Great costumes - you're a wonderful knitting mom!

Posted by: Julia at November 1, 2005 7:39 PM

That is hands down the best use of fun-fur ever.

I knew there had to be some reason they kept making the stuff.

Great job!

Posted by: Beak Knits at November 1, 2005 11:33 PM

Wow!! And how on earth did you get the red pants to match the red shirts? As an accused red-clasher, I'm mad impressed. :-)

Happy post-Hallowe'en!

Posted by: susan at November 2, 2005 3:14 AM

Soooo CUTE!! Great jobs, Alison. They are going to remember this Halloween really well. Now, what can you do to top this off next year? It is my predicament as well. Better start thinking soon! :)

Posted by: may at November 2, 2005 8:39 AM

Wow, Alison! Those Things are just too cute!

Posted by: jessica~ at November 2, 2005 2:54 PM

Love them! I might just have to steal your idea and do that next year (um, for myself, that is!).
And I do love the Thing on candy - I'm sure that crash was a big one!

Posted by: Sarah at November 2, 2005 8:34 PM

I absoloutely love the sweaters & hats :] You're super mom, seriously - and you got them done so fast!

Posted by: Ariane at November 3, 2005 2:04 AM

how lovely! you win the prize for most creative costume.

Posted by: lynette at November 3, 2005 9:14 AM

Unequivocally the BEST Halloween costumes I've EVER seen!!! May you win many awards for these costumes (if awards are even given for such a thing)!!!

Posted by: Jeanie at November 3, 2005 9:52 AM

Alison, you totally rock! I hope you never let them forget it: that's the stuff family mythology is made of. Here's to Thanksgiving table patter thirty years from now!

Posted by: julia fc at November 3, 2005 6:54 PM

Those are the best costumes *ever*! Brilliant idea! My favorite picture - of the boys standing side by side, looking up at the door. Adorable.

Posted by: Meg at November 3, 2005 8:52 PM

WOW those Things are just... unbelievable!!! Fantastic!
Plus your boys are so irresistably cute anyway...
thanks for sharing all the pics!

Posted by: Sarah Elizabeth at November 5, 2005 10:33 PM