A Very Harry Halloween

It's the moment you have all been waiting for since November 1, 2010--to see what the Fords would be for Halloween 2011! And the theme is...(drum roll, please)...Harry Potter! As you can obviously see, Kelly is Professor Trelawney, Ian is Dobby the House Elf, and Jordan is Professor Lupin. Don't know who the heck those people are, you say? Well, you obviously need to get reading. Prof. Trelawney teaches "Divination" at Hogwarts (basically she is the fortune-telling type). Dobby is the mistreated servant in a wizard household. The only item of clothing he wears is a pillowcase. And Prof. Remus Lupin teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. He always looks a bit shabby because he has a spooky secret! I won't give it away if you've never read the books, but let's just say we were going to tuck some fake fur into his sleeves, but, alas, didn't have any.

Isn't Ian the cutest Dobby you've ever seen? And it was an exceptionally easy and cheap costume: pillowcase, $1 at DI. Kelly would've made ears, but ran out of time, and anyway, Ian would have pulled them off.

We attended the third annual Halloween party at the Collier's apartment with Julie and Kurt. Why do they look so goofy? One word: Muggles. And the most annoying kind of Muggles: perky Hawaiian tourists.

Amy and Steve dressed up as Hogwarts students (Steve makes an excellent Tom Riddle). As you can see, they thought it appropriate to have some Halloween fun with the Muggles.

We had a blast! Tune in next year to see what we come up with next.