It’s been a busy week in our homes (and yes, this week’s podcast was sacrificed to the rest of my to-do list, but I’ll be back with a new episode next week!) Sarah and I thought we’d share a few pictures of our kiddos in their Halloween costumes and then get back to school parades, costume prep and tearing open bag after bag of Halloween candy in preparation for trick-or-treaters. (However, with a forecast calling for rain and up to 50 MPH winds, I’m not sure we’ll be getting a lot of action tonight!)
Meagan’s Kids:
This year, Owen is an anime character named Natsu. I have no idea who Natsu is, but I re-created his tattoo with a red Sharpie last night, and I think I did a pretty dang good job. I snapped this Instagram pic today at the elementary-school parade. Hey there, Natsu!
Thank goodness, Clara decided – with the “help” of her older cousin Ruby – to be a black cat for Halloween. I found the top at Goodwill, and the ears were just a few bucks at the Halloween store. The bad makeup job is courtesy of yours truly. The only trick was finding/making a kitty-cat costume that wasn’t, uh, more appropriate for a red-light-district-kitty. I think we struck a nice balance here, but I’m a little afraid of what we’ll find next year.
Now on to…
Sarah’s Kids…
(whose photos are much better than mine!)
ZOMG. Here’s Violet in that oh-so-adorable One Step Ahead bumblebee costume. Couldn’t you just eat her up?
Here’s Reid. A cobra ninja. Makes total sense, right?
Allegra takes the cake, though, right? A cactus. In a world full of Elsas, princesses, and sexy wild cats, Allegra decided to be A CACTUS. I love this kid.
My son had no idea what he wanted to be. I asked my husband to get on it, but 10 days before Halloween the two of them still didn’t have any ideas. Then I heard that our local highschool was going to have a “gently used” costume sale. The day before the sale, my son announced that he wanted to be a witch. I wasn’t thrilled with the idea, but I told him we would go to the sale and see if anything appealed to him. Thankfully he found a spiderman costume for $1! My son doesn’t watch TV, and we don’t read superhero stories, so he doesn’t know much about Spiderman. But some of his friends like Spiderman, so my son just assumes that he’s really cool. The day after the sale he put on his costume and scuttled around the house for two hours spinning webs. I would say I got my money’s worth! He was so excited to put his costume on as soon as he got home from school today, and he’s out trick-or-treating right now (with my husband, while I open the door for trick-or-treaters). One of the best things about motherhood is seeing the joy that kids get out of the simplest things.
My 3-1/2 year old didn’t understand the concept of choosing a costume so I picked a Melissa and Doug firefighter dress-up costume. He was very excited about getting candy! He went out trick work treating with his Dad and got a ton!
Amazing how much your daughter looks just like you, Meagan! So pretty.
My 3rd grade girl was a “Spider Queen” with a black shirt for the base, a yarn web tacked all around it on top with plastic spider rings attached, and red eye makeup and a paper crown. 1st grade girl was a skeleton — black shirt and pants, duct tape bones. She wrote “BOO” on her forehead. 5YO son was “Chilly the Penguin” (a holdover from his Book Parade costume) — black pants/shirt, white tee over that, and very basic penguin makeup plus blue crocs for Chilly’s chilly feet.
Somehow Halloween blindsides me every year, plus… I am cheap. I do give out great candy, though!
I am slightly ashamed to say my two little girls were Elsa and Anna from Frozen…. among MANY of the things I said my kids would never do (before I was a parent and judged everyone else!)… dressing up as Princesses was one of them 😉 But, alas, I must let go and them be their own little people. Maybe next year they will be super heroes….
After the last two years, we decided far in advance that we would not even try to identify a costume for Baguette. Instead, we’d just lay out some “dress-up” items for her to pick from, and let her create her own costume.
Good thing, because she showed no interest in any of them, and went trick-or-treating in her pajamas.