How’s that for a long title? OK, so here is my costume post, on the Eve of Halloween 🙂 Procrastinate much? Haha! Tomorrow is going to be a little sad for me, in a weird guilty-crafty-mom sort of way 🙂
For the past four years, I have enjoyed {a little too much for my husband’s liking} putting together a family “theme” for our Halloween costumes. It all started in 2007, when my oldest finally had a little sibling and there was someone to “coordinate” costumes with…. That first year, he was a cute little fireman and his baby brother was a dalmation puppy. Here is a pic of our fire crew:
Then, at the last minute, I decided that my hubs and I had to join in the theme and I made us go as Fire and Smoke! Hahaha, I can’t believe I talked him into that one. Seriously, that was pretty much a miracle since he hadn’t ever dressed up for Halloween in the seven years we’d been married 🙂 I’m going to spare you the picture, it’s not pretty 🙂
2008… I thought, hmmmm well he agreed to be a puffy cloud of smoke last year, what can I talk him into this year?? 🙂 My oldest really wanted to be Dash from the Incredibles, so we just went with it, and decided to go as the entire family!
We also had a very handsome Mike Wazowski:
2010: Toy Story
I finally had my baby girl to add into the mix! My boys were obsessed with Toy Story last year, with the release of Toy Story 3, so they were super excited to go as Buzz and Woody. I couldn’t wait to dress up my baby as Bo Peep 🙂 She wasn’t very happy in this picture… but this is the only one I got of all 3! (Oh, and just for the record, I tried to dress up as Mrs. Potato Head and it was pretty much a disaster. That is why I am not in this picture!)
I was a little apprehensive at first… no theme, cheap costumes with plastic masks…. can I really do this?
But then, the Iron Man costume arrived in the mail and my 4-year-old hasn’t parted with it much since. He has been happily playing/eating/napping in this thing for the past several days! I can’t believe how much joy can be derived from a single polyester jumpsuit! The smile on his face is priceless.
So, I guess it is worth it. My boys couldn’t be happier with their costumes this year. I am trying to let my crafty-perfectionist tendancies-mom-guilt go, and just enjoy the holiday with a smorgasboard of costumes 🙂
I will end with the one costume I did make and planned a few months in advance… my baby girl as Alice in Wonderland. {I thought I could get my boys to go along with my theme and be the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit… no such luck!} That’s OK, she is pretty adorable all on her own:
What did you use as the snakes in your Celia Monsters Inc. costume?
I think its always a good idea to create a theme when creating costumes
Group costumes are great