Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Halloween Circus

Every year my cousins Anne & Dave host a Halloween party complete with costume contest. We always dress up--although our "costume enthusiasm" has wavered back and forth over the years. This year, my brother came up with a theme for my brothers, sister-in-laws and us: CIRCUS FREAKS. And that we were. Our costumes were hilarious to create and involved a lot of...spandex and hand bedazzling. Needless to say, we won first prize. Welcome to the Greatest Show On Earth.....

A trapeze artist and the Ringmaster.

Lots of glitz and sequins.

The Lion Tamer and The Contortionist (or pretzel-lady as Kyle likes to say).
The World's Strongest Man.
With his counterpart...the Bearded Lady.
The Circus Freaks (complete with beyond life-size lion)
Evan Lysacek and his DWTS partner Anna Something.
Blue Man Group and a Totem Pole flanked by Lady & the Tramp.

3 comments:

Lisa Thomson said...

those costumes are truly spectacular

Amanda A said...

oh. my. gosh. These are fantastic! Some faves to note: both Chad's mustaches and Kyles entire get-up. Seriously, HIL-ARIOUS!

Lesley said...

love the costumes!!