Halloween costumes have become a source of dread for me. It seemed simple enough when I had one kid and she was an infant. I made all her decisions, so she was a pumpkin, a black cat and then she started having opinions and all my ideas of Halloween went out the window. I have this notion that you should be scary, according to your age group, for Halloween. I would never give my young child a gushing head wound, unless that is what she really wanted, but I had to bite my tongue when Amber announced that she wanted to be Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell is not scary. We are suppose to blend in with the undead and get as much candy as possible.
I have accepted that Amber chooses her own costume, with my guidelines, and it will most likely be something from a Disney movie or be covered in glitter. Maybe, I could give her a knife and she can go as Psycho Cinderella. Do you think the undead will notice? As one with kids will tell you, it is not about you, anymore, it is about them, so we solider on. Besides, I still have Sam to do my bidding and he will be a bat if it kills me and him. The boy has a problem with things on his head, which makes being the perfect bat a little difficult.
Another issue for us, in the Deep South, is the weather. I am sure the good people up North have this same problem, but their concern is more about making sure their little darlings don’t loose a limb to frostbite while ours is more of not having one pass out from the heat. The costume manufacturers tend to have more options, at least for babies and toddler, for the cooler months. It would be nice to find a bat costume that consists of just the wings and not full body cover. It would, also, be nice not to spend a small fortune on a costume that Sam will wear maybe once or twice, only if I can talk him into playing Cinderella and the bat with his sister. These are the days when I wish I kept up with my Home Economics studies.
I have scoured the Internet and all I can find are complete body cover or thread bare half costumes that don’t appear to be worth the money.
We want candy, not heat stroke.
I would get this one, if it was okay to staple the hands and booties to Sam’s hands and feet. Something tells me that is not right. So really we would be paying for the cape and a onsie, even then the cape is a not a sure thing. Plus this costume is “Coming Soon”. What, they think 3 weeks before Halloween is still too early?
These costumes can be found here.
I realize that Halloween is big for some people, but we are in it for the candy and a few cheap scares. We will enjoy our Halloweenie goodness for as long as the kids will allow us and, yes, I might indulge in some of their costume ideas in the coming years. However, for this Halloween Amber will be shopping her vast collection of dress up clothes and Sam will be happy with whatever I find at the local Party City.
One good thing about Halloween entering the stores in September, you can find many Halloween costumes, decorations and candy going on sale, now. Of course, the big blow out sale will happen once Halloween is over, but don’t wait too long most of the good stuff will be gone well before the 31st. Keep your eyes on those costumes. You may get a great deal on a costume for next year or dress up clothes for the rest of the year. We have found the best dress up clothes for Amber during and after Halloween.
Tripping down Halloween memory lane:
My sweet little pumpkin, when she couldn’t talk and express her disgust for anything I like.
Our example of going overboard. Not only did we search all over the city for this costume, we even had a photo shoot in one of our local graveyards. I wouldn’t change a thing. I love these pictures.
Pretty witch and her demonic force.
Last chance at the witch theme, recycled pumpkin and Dad in his uniform for the day.
