Green Livin': The time we won $1000 for being other people

Halloween '14 will be one that lives on in history.

Trevor was bound and determined to be Maverick from Top Gun, but we couldn't find him a big enough flight suit nor a flight suit that was under $100. And besides, what was I supposed to be? A flight attendant? No thank you. I'm all about doing couples' costumes - I know, I'm that girl. But Halloween is one of those holidays that I knew I'd always look forward to as a wife and someday mother because of the chance to be creative, dress up with a theme, and make some memories. It's a tradition I want to carry on. Even as my kids get older, Trevor and I can still cater our costumes around theirs. Anyway - year one we were '50s people {you know, poodle skirts and slicked back hair?}, year two we were bank robbers, and this year... well...

"Cruella DeVille, Cruella DeVille, if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will."

And of course Cruella wouldn't be complete without a dalmatian puppy either.

I called my mom a week before we went up north for fall break and asked her if I could borrow the Cruella cape. Mom has three massive totes in the garage filled with Halloween costumes. My mom made the Cruella DeVille cape back when I was in elementary school for herself one year. The dog ears that Trevor's wearing came from my 1st grade birthday party, which was 101 Dalmatians themed. I {barely} remembered to grab the cape and dog ears before we headed back to Cedar. I put together everything else. Trev's collar is made from felt, and his shirt was dotted with over 100 black dots from a wooden dowel and acrylic paint. I found the fishnet tights, the gloves, and the cigarette holder, and dug out some of my favorite black pieces of clothing out of the closet. I learned that putting makeup on a boy is one of the hardest things in the world, too. "My face itches!" or "I don't like it so close to my eye" or "When we eat dinner, will I eat my makeup?" were just a couple of phrases that came out of Trevor's mouth yesterday. Oh, and he also wouldn't stop talking, so of course when I went to dot his face he would open his mouth and the dot would turn into a smear. I flicked him the forehead out of frustration, hahaha.

We ate pumpkin shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's with the York cousins and then we took three of the four kids out trick-or-treating. For being a Halloween on a Friday night, Cedar City children were inside awful early and we were the only ones out past 9 p.m. When the kids' feet were aching and their buckets were full of candy, we took them home and headed to SUU's The Scream. *Important: Trevor wasn't too excited to go to The Scream; he thought it was just a big dance and a slut fest, and he's not a big fan of dances. The Scream is a big Halloween celebration with a dance, a photobooth, a comedian, a spook alley, an illusionist, performances from campus groups, and a temporary tattoo booth. More importantly, there was a costume contest. All night as we walked around, we were stopped by Scream staff and helpers and fellow students who complimented us on our costumes and took down our names. Little did we know that all of those people were submitting our names for the costume contest. Individual costumes were entered in to win $500, and group costumes were entered in to win $1,000. 12:15 a.m. rolled around and Trev and I made our way to the Centrum to find out the results for the costume contest. An SUUSA person brought up the two finalists for the individual costume contest and had the audience vote for the winner by screaming. That made me nervous; I really hate popularity contests. Then came time for the group contest finalists. Ryan (the SUUSA guy) announced the first finalist to come up to the stage... but they weren't there! By default, the next finalist would be the winner of the contest. You can imagine our surprise when Ryan ANNOUNCED NATASHA AND TREVOR GREEN AS THE WINNERS OF THE GROUP COSTUME CONTEST! Trevor and I looked at each other and then started screaming to catch Ryan's attention to let him know we were there. I took off for the stage, weaving in between people, with Trevor trailing behind. We could hear our friends and fellow students cheering as we went in front of everyone to claim our $1,000 prize. It was the craziest thing ever.

Trevor and I (group costume contest winners) with Jack Skellington (individual costume winner)

Needless to say, Trevor was pretty damn happy that we ended up going to The Scream after all, and I'm glad I have a good sport for a husband who will look ridiculous to please his wife. I can't wait for next year's costumes. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween! Now onto Thanksgiving and Christmas!