In our last installment you met our little hobbits.

But wait… there’s more.

I was originally cast as the “Lord of the Dings.”

But we were unable to find a costume of a large fiery eye mounted on a high tower.

And besides… that Sauron guy was mean.

So we went another direction, seeing as Lois had a bunch of spare fabric from making the children their “fellowship cloaks.”

Meet me, this time as “Strider” (a.k.a. Aragorn, son of Arathorn), as we attended a local church’s “Harvest Festival” with the kids fully donned as hobbits:

And showing off the very warm cloak with full hood (who needs a Snuggie blanket?!):

Next year, methinks we’ll work on adding some more costuming (like an authentic-looking leaf brooch) and cast our little Bethany into the whole crew.  Lois says the easiest would be casting her as Gollum, we could just give her a loincloth and we’re good to go!

And maybe my lovely wife as the lovely Arwen.  We’d just need some really prominent elf/Vulcan ears.