Super Family

Some of my earliest childhood memories are of me running down the driveway of our home in St. George UT With my cape flying behind me, while my mom was doing dishes dressed in a halter top and shorts, that I made her wear to look like Wonder Woman. My Mom made me at least 3 capes that I wore out, the most notorious of which was the Wonder Wade cape, a red cape with a black W on the back.

Although I stopped wearing my cape in first grade, because of the relentless teasing of the unimaginative narrow minded boys in Orderville UT, I never outgrew my love affair with Super Heroes. I looked forward to watching Super Friends every Saturday Morning 'till at least 7th grade. In high school I read Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and got really into Batman. In College I woke up early every Saturday morning to watch X-Men The Animated Series. And even now I'm reading the Marvel Civil War series.

So.. when some good family friends invited us to a Super Hero party for their son's 5th birthday, the whole families inner geek came out. Ella decided she HAD TO BE Wonder Woman, and Thomas wanted to be Batman.

Kath made Thomas a rad reversible cape that's Batman on one side, and Superman on the other, and she made Ella a wonder woman costume that Lynda Carter would be jealous of. I shaped my beard and hair to look like Logan/Wolverine, and rocked my X-Men t-shirt, and Kath wore a Thor t-shirt.

I have to say I almost got a little choked up when I looked over and saw Kath slaving away at the sewing machine making those great costumes for the kids. It made me so grateful for all the love and labor my Mom poured into my Super Hero outfits, and how much joy they brought me. Needless to say we had a great day in our Super Hero get-ups!