When I took the boys shopping for Halloween costumes a few weeks ago, the words "you won't be able to wear masks at the trunk-or-treat" could not penetrate their one-track minds. Since they were both using some of their own money for the purchase, I did not interfere when they insisted they wanted these costumes with masks. In some kind of dream-world, I just figured they would wear everything BUT the mask for the trunk-or-treat at the church. Any guesses what happened on "Halloween"? (Halloween is in quotes because it was really October 30.) Yep! "Mom! I need a different costume! Why can't I wear my mask?!? Can you help me be something else?" Here is the result for Nathan (who raised his concerns mid-day):
I went to Michael's and Target and made purchases (with MY money - I know, I shouldn't have done that) and created a bare-bones Percy Jackson costume for him. While he
was happy with it, he carried the shield that I made for not quite a full minute before deciding he couldn't comfortably carry a shield, a sword, and a candy bucket at the same time. Flush that $. Below is a photo of him in his other costume. The hood
is pretty cool. You can see out but not in. The ghastly-looking weapon is called "Death's dagger". I refrained from using it on him.
Daniel waited until 6:21pm to decide he couldn't be happy wearing his costume sans mask. We needed to walk out the door at 6:30pm. So, for him, I grabbed Nathan's robe and wand, Daniel's fake glasses and my purple eyeliner, drew a lightning scar on his forehead, proclaimed him "Harry Potter" and off we went to the trunk-or-treat. I know, there's very little resemblance to Harry here:
Here is the costume Daniel purchased and begged to wear to the trunk-or-treat. He was sure I could pull some strings and get the no-masks rule adjusted for him. He did, at least, have the pleasure of wearing this costume at his birthday party:
And, last but not least, the top photo shows cute Stephanie in her hand-me-down butterfly costume which did not cost me one cent or one moment's effort. And I actually love the way the antennas stick straight out to the sides. I'm glad Halloween is over.
When I took the boys shopping for Halloween costumes a few weeks ago, the words "you won't be able to wear masks at the trunk-or-treat" could not penetrate their one-track minds. Since they were both using some of their own money for the purchase, I did not interfere when they insisted they wanted these costumes with masks. In some kind of dream-world, I just figured they would wear everything BUT the mask for the trunk-or-treat at the church. Any guesses what happened on "Halloween"? (Halloween is in quotes because it was really October 30.) Yep! "Mom! I need a different costume! Why can't I wear my mask?!? Can you help me be something else?" Here is the result for Nathan (who raised his concerns mid-day):
I went to Michael's and Target and made purchases (with MY money - I know, I shouldn't have done that) and created a bare-bones Percy Jackson costume for him. While he was happy with it, he carried the shield that I made for not quite a full minute before deciding he couldn't comfortably carry a shield, a sword, and a candy bucket at the same time. Flush that $. Below is a photo of him in his other costume. The hood is pretty cool. You can see out but not in. The ghastly-looking weapon is called "Death's dagger". I refrained from using it on him.
Daniel waited until 6:21pm to decide he couldn't be happy wearing his costume sans mask. We needed to walk out the door at 6:30pm. So, for him, I grabbed Nathan's robe and wand, Daniel's fake glasses and my purple eyeliner, drew a lightning scar on his forehead, proclaimed him "Harry Potter" and off we went to the trunk-or-treat. I know, there's very little resemblance to Harry here:
Here is the costume Daniel purchased and begged to wear to the trunk-or-treat. He was sure I could pull some strings and get the no-masks rule adjusted for him. He did, at least, have the pleasure of wearing this costume at his birthday party:
And, last but not least, the top photo shows cute Stephanie in her hand-me-down butterfly costume which did not cost me one cent or one moment's effort. And I actually love the way the antennas stick straight out to the sides. I'm glad Halloween is over.
I'm wondering how many times the kids in your ward go around and around and around the parking lot getting candy before the parents tell them enough already and the kind people stop handing out treats? Here it seems to be about 3 times. If we can catch them.
ReplyDeleteNathan tells me he went around 4 times! But one guy, a retired Marine, required all the kids who came around more than once to do 10 push-ups for each additional piece of candy.
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