Halloween again! Seems like it just keeps coming around. Not that I had a bad attitude about it this year. I was actually ok with it, and willing to put some effort into my kids' costumes. Only problem was, none of them could decide what they wanted to be. (Decision-making is not one of our better skills - at least not amongst my children.) Jennie finally decided that she wanted to be Katara. (Ever watched any Avatar the Last Airbender cartoons? Jennie watches
tons, and she knows every detail. So when she says that she wants to be Katara, that means an
exact replica. I was pretty much in a lot of trouble.) But when we went and found the dress-up box to see if there was anything helpful, she took one look at all that floof and sparkle, and decided she wanted to be a princess (Thank heaven!).
Lydia was set on being a bunny, and she actually went to preschool dressed as a bunny, but when Jennie switched to a princess... Well, who wouldn't want to be a princess? I decided that Cannon should be a ninja, and he was ok with that. Ben would have loved a more involved costume, but he wouldn't decide on anything until the last minute, and they just don't sell pre-teen costumes. So he was a quarterback. Get it? It was the easiest costume ever, and actually fits his sarcastic personality quite well.
Robyn was a cowgirl, and Emily was a nerd. Too bad I didn't get a better picture of Emily's costume. She did a good job of putting it together - high pants, suspenders, patterned socks, and tape on the glasses.
The three "big kids" all went trick-or-treating with friends, so we just had to take the younger set. It was actually quite pleasant. I told them we could keep going until someone started crying, so they were trying to be on their best behavior. When I finally announced that this was the last stop, they objected, and said, "But nobody's crying!" I said, "But I'm about to cry." (I really was. My feet were
killing me.) They didn't think that should count, but they had enough candy to keep them hysterical for a week, and we all went home happy.
