Holy Halloween costumes!

Wow. I am totally familiar with my sister Brook's artistic genius and yet, it still (and will always, I'm sure) have the power to make me totally speechless. Check it out. She made my niece and nephew Hazy and Henry their costumes as she does every year. This time Henry was a lego guy version of himself, and Hazy was a princess fairy magic glittery star covered yeah, you get the picture. But will you look at these costumes? Henry can walk and move his arms and hold things in that crazy cardboard contraption. And look what happened to dozens of satiny fabric samples — why, they turned into an amazingly sewn petal skirt on a perfect dress with wings!



And there wasn't even a contest going on or anything. Which annoys me. I think she deserves some sort of trophy, or like, a series of trophies, presented to her on a daily basis all throughout November or something. Not that I'm so into awards or anything, but come on, now. The costume ambition and excellence exhibited here is on multiple trophy-deserving levels, don't you think? Here's Henry with his new friend, wearing his favorite t-shirt (from H&M, purchased by Erica, of course).



Well, apparently the kids had a great Halloween and scored tons of candy and attention. What a great mom you are, Brook. Kudos!

And speaking of inspired costumes, this was my favorite of the few I saw on the boob tube. (Hells no, I do not venture out on Halloween. N and O as in No, no, no.) A duo worked together to make this magic happen. She's the woman in the movie Psycho, and her partner is behind her, somehow making the shower curtain move while also making a shadowed stabbing motion at the curtain. She was able to scream and wave her bloody hands while walking down the avenue. Hooray for such creepy cleverness!

Thank you for this pic, bnittoli. Check out his photostream on Flickr to see more great costume pics from this year's Greenwich Village Halloween parade.