Thomas has arrived!

OK, let me start by saying this was by far the hardest project I have ever done. I try very hard to be creative and I think I hit it out of the ball park this time around. However, that said, as proud of it as I am and as much as Hayden loves his Thomas costume, I think from now on we will buy our costumes :) The following pics are from over the course of the last few days. We fitted it onto Hayden at about 8:30 giving us roughly 12 hours to spare! Our Halloween carnival is at 9 am tomorrow. I should be in bed but I wanted to get the blog updated for the weekend. As I have been working on this project pretty much non-stop in my free time the house has taken a bit of a back seat. I was able to get some cleaning done today and throughout the week. But you know when I am uncomfortable at home it really is a mess. That's pretty much where we are right now. I will be spending most of tomorrow afternoon cleaning up around here. Does it make me ill that I am looking forward to it??? Anyway, here are the pics of the Thomas costume. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. I will be happy to never see a cardboard box and a box cutter next to each again, unless I am using it to open a box!

Some of the pieces
A side view and more pieces

My hands hurt pretty good from all the cutting I had to do

Starting the assembly

More assembly

Yes, the face is a little crooked.

But he loves it and that's all that matters.

At least that's what I tell myself because it kind of bothers me.

Side view. No I did not forget to put the wheels on.

Hayden told me I didn't have to put them on.

I couldn't figure out how to attach them.

Phedora loves it too and cant wait to take a ride in it after Halloween.
I set it up so that Hayden can put his candy in the back box.

I don't think he can reach back there though. I guess that will be our job.