Things

" I will pick up the hook. You will see something new. Two things. And I call them Thing One and Thing Two. These things will not bite you. They want to have fun." Then, out of the box came Thing Two and Thing One!

-The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss

For Halloween the girls were Thing One and Thing Two...from one of their favorite books, The Cat in the Hat. It all started a year or two ago when Aaron and I began using code names for the girls. We would call them Thing One and Thing Two (respectively) when we didn't want them to know we were discussing them. Eventually Grace caught on and that was the end of the code names, but Grace quite liked the titles. A few months ago when she and I were discussing Halloween costume ideas she said she would like to be Thing One and have Eve be Thing Two. Well, Eve was easy to convince so that's what they settled on!

It was easy to find red sweats, so I just cut out some felt and ironed it on and there were their outfits! After looking for the perfect wigs online, I found some thing even better: a way to make my own! A came across the idea to knit beanies out of a special yarn called "fun fur" to come up with a wig-looking cap. I didn't have any experience knitting, but I did know how to crochet so I adapted. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to crochet a beanie! It feels good to learn something new. And I was so excited about the results.