Today was the annual PTA Halloween party at Leah's school. It was my fourth year co-chairing the party. Every year I say I'm not going to do it but it's hard to say no to Leah. She takes great pride in knowing her mom is one of the people working on putting it together. I know it makes her happy to see me involved in her school activities.
The last few years Leah has chosen to get a bit scarier with her costumes. This year she was adamant she wanted to be a zombie. We shopped for some items and today we put it all together.
We started with getting her doctor scrub top ready. We purchased a spine prosthetic and attached it to her shirt and added some blood splatter.
A light base of gray followed by layers of 'flesh'. Leah had a reaction to latex so we used a combination of Elmer's glue & water along with toilet tissue. Layers and layers. I added a scar appliance and then finished with the make-up.
Leah stayed in character most of the party. It was great to watch her walk around with the zombie walk and talk.
She was excited to enter the costume contest. Here she is as one of the top four.
And here she is after winning the first place prize! She was so happy. She really would've been happy with just making it to the top four. Winning really made her night. It was well deserved.
This was our last party together at her school and it was the best one yet. It's so fun to spend the night with her being silly and spooky.
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