A family that solves crimes together, stays together! For the Scooby Doo party, we all dressed up as characters from Scooby Doo.
Here we are as Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy. After three or four shots, we gave up on trying to get all of us to smile at the same time and let the kids go play. If you want to admire our super awesome Mystery Machine, check out its creation here.
The birthday girl chose Daphne, most likely because of the purple outfit she wears. My mother-in-law was kind enough to adapt a pattern to not only resemble the characters, but make it appropriate for partying.
Daphne's signature tie was replaced with a lime green bow. Since we've had such a warm October here in California, there's no way a tie would have lasted for more than a minute.
Harper wore a dress modeled after Velma. I adored the pleats in the front! Her glasses were leftover 3-d glasses from a movie theater somewhere that I had popped the lenses out of. She wore them for the family photo and then I never saw them again. Literally, I haven't seen them again since.
Our costumes couldn't have been easier to put together. Matt found brown cords and a lime green shirt at Target. He already owned Shaggy's exact shoes, Clark Wallabees. I wore jeans, a white t-shirt, and a scrap of orange fabric pretending to be an ascot.
We had such a good time as Mystery, Incorporated!
