Halloween and our new religion

We spent more time deliberating over what we were going to be for Halloween than we did actually making our costumes. We ended up choosing what Imran suggested originally, which was The Flying Spaghetti Monster and one of his Pirate Followers. For those of you who do not know what the Flying Spaghetti Monster is, here is a brief description from Wikipedia:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism. The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" first appeared in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005, protesting the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes. In the letter, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution.

So not only did we dress up as the FSM, but we also have converted to Pastafarianism. We can only hope our little Rocco will not get discriminated against for his religion.
Here are some pictures of us making the costume, and of the finished product...

 Rocco and I sewing noodles...I was originally going to be the FSM, but the outfit was too cumbersome for me.

 Noodles!

 Voila! You can't see my sweet sword, it was quite impressive (and real!).