The first costume was one I found at my Grandma Voigt's house when we were cleaning it out after she passed away in 2005. I'm not sure why, but she had some new baby clothes in storage. I like to think that she bought some cute things along the way for her "some day" great-grandbabies. Obviously, Zoey was not around then, but I saved a few things for my "someday" baby. :)
This adorable pumpkin costume was even more adorable on my little Zoey. I think she knew how cute she looked, so she really hammed it up for the camera.
Of course, our other baby, Lucky, needed to get into the picture too. Since one of his favorite treats is canned Pumpkin, I like to think that he was checking to see if Zoey was the real thing. :)
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| She looks like she's saying, "Tell him I'm not really a pumpkin!" |
Zoey's next costume was from something I saw online a while ago and shared with my Mom. She had been crocheting Zoey some cute hats, so together we knew we could do it. And by it, I mean turn Zoey into a Cabbage Patch doll. :)
My Mom made the hat and I added the bangs and pigtails. The next step was to find a Cabbage Patch doll for Zoey. I had a few growing up, and Jay had one too, so we thought that she definitely needed her own. The only problem was that the new Cabbage Patch dolls don't have yarn hair anymore.
Luckily, you can still get them with the yarn hair from their website. So we ordered one for Zoey, and when it came, we couldn't believe what the doll's name was! It was Zoie Emily! Kind of crazy! We then dressed the doll in one of Zoey's old dresses, which she had in two sizes.
On Halloween, we took Zoey over her cousin Addy's house to go Trick or Treating. Addy was dressed as a Fairy Princess, and looked adorable as usual.
Then we hit the streets. Zoey didn't really know what to think of it all, but she still had a great time!
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| Our cute family pic before getting some candy! |
We put Zoey in the Becco carrier on Jay and attached the doll. At most of the houses we stopped at, the people did a double-take, thinking that there were two babies or two dolls attached to Jay!
Zoey's final costume was for the annual Woof N' Treat Halloween event and Bubbly Paws in St. Louis Park. Last year, Lucky got first place in the Most Unique category, so we knew we had some big shoes (or paws) to fill!
Since Zoey was still wearing her helmet at the time, we wanted to incorporate that as well.
So, she was a jockey and Lucky was a horse!
We got a few pics at home before heading out.
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| This picture of Lucky isn't the best, but he had a blanket, saddle, tail & mane! |
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| Here's the back of Zoey's outfit. I made her jacket, boot covers and cover for her helmet. |
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| She even had a riding crop that she swung around all day. |
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| Jay caught me adding the final touches to Lucky's costume. |
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| And a little better picture. Lucky wasn't wearing the mane yet. |
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| Zoey's ready to get some candy! |
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| On stage for judging. Lucky gave the audience a nice view of his bum. :) |
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| A little family photo. |
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| Zoey had a blast and loved seeing all of the dogs! |
Unfortunately, we didn't win this year – there were a lot of amazing & creative costumes.
But we're already planning for next year... :)
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