The final chapter in making a Joel and Ellie costume pair for ComicCon 2015: Ellie. Unfortunately my daughter wasn’t around to show off the clothes personally but you can see how it all came together. I recommend cleaning out your…
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Last of Us Cosplay – Ellie outfit
Posted in Events, San Diego Tagged with: CH, cosplay, costumes, ellie, joel, last of us, naughty dog
San Diego ComicCon 2015
Let’s plunge into the world of imagination. Everything in ComicCon comes from people sitting and dreaming about what could be: spaceships, talking kittens, killer robots, zombies, ten-story gorillas, warlocks, battle pigs, fairies. Entering this world as Ellie and Joel, my…
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The Last of Us Cosplay
The day arrived this Saturday, one year after I decided that CH and I would dress up as Ellie and Joel from The Last of Us, a phenomenal and heart-rending game from Naughty Dog. San Diego ComicCon! Saturday morning we…
Posted in San Diego, Uncategorized Tagged with: CH, clickers, ComicCon, cosplay, costumes, ellie, joel, joel and ellie, naughty dog, the last of us, zombies
I’m Joel, She’s Ellie
I’ve never been a big one for costumes. On Halloween I usually roll out the Indiana Jones getup because A)it takes about five minutes, and B)it’s fun to be Indiana Jones. Last fall, I decided on costumes more than a…
Plan Your Costumes Now, Kiddos!
It’s probably already too late to get the supplies for your Halloween costume. Someone else with superior planning skills and costume-planning moxie already snatched up the good stuff. Just take a look at the wigs we found at Goodwill this…
Posted in Parenting, Products, Uncategorized Tagged with: CH, costumes, go-go boots, halloween, number two, parenting, wigs
Ape Orphan Annie
What’s the best Halloween costume? One that comes together at the last minute. This year I put on a djellabah and skullcap I bought in Egypt and called myself a pilgrim, a hajji. Total costume planning and dressing time: 90…
The Mad Costumed Dash for Candy
I’ll start by saying I am not sick to my stomach from eating too much candy. This may be a first for me, a sign that I’m finally growing up a bit. Or it was my fear of running out…
Pace-Fainting and Candy
It’s really the ultimate event. You get to go out after dark when you should be in bed. Instead of itchy boring normal clothes you get to wear whatever you want, the more outrageous the better. You get to wander…
Hiss!
This, I learned from Toddler Harbat, is the sound a vampire makes: hiss! It’s to be accompanied by two hands with fingers hooked into rictus claws of pain and a fearsome grimace. Remember the warrior face from the cookie post? …
