Halloween 2009 : Costume Chaos

In the weeks leading up to Halloween, we had the costumes ready to go. Each boy was intent on wearing his choice of costume and talked about it incessantly.

Until Halloween Eve. Griffin decided he wanted to be Spiderman. Jedi, what Jedi? I dug through the house for all the pieces of our hand me down Spiderman costume. Griffin was thrilled and talked about his Spiderman costume all day long, until a half hour before we had to leave for a Halloween Party. Then and only then, was he adamant that he must attend the party as Batman, and not Spiderman.

Apparently Spiderman can not fly, and that was a serious problem to my two and a half year old. And there were some issues with Spiderman not having a cape. What two year old in their right mind would want to attend a Halloween party without a cape? Really. Sigh.

I commenced digging (again) through the house for our hand me down Batman costume for Griffin. (Yes, we are like a treasure chest of Boy super hero dress up costumes.)

We found Batman and Griffin was pleased. So pleased, he may have been strutting around the house.

Brennan was also pleased with his Jedi costume. Aidan, upon seeing Brennan in his Jedi costume, decided that he must also be a Jedi. Forget Jango Fett - he doesn't even get a light saber! With twenty minutes to go until the party, Brennan took off his Jedi costume to give to Aidan and quickly dressed in Griffin's Jedi costume. (I am so grateful I always buy a size or two up.)

And we were good to go. Whew. I was tired even before we arrived at the party. (I felt better after I had a nice glass of wine in hand. No parent should endure a child's Halloween Party without an adult beverage. That's a rule.)

The party was a huge success. The boys played games, ate kiddie buffet food, danced to Thriller and other Halloween related tunes, and enjoyed a ton of junk food.





Brennan's favorite junk food was the all you can eat, make your own sundae bar, complete with mini-marshmallows. He had his sights set on that sundae from the moment we walked into the party.

The boys pondered bobbing for apples. I allowed them to ponder, but then frantically persuaded them not to indulge after fears of a nice dose of H1N1 being the big prize for the lucky apple bobbers.

After the Halloween revelry on Friday night, it was hard to believe that the big day had yet to arrive.

In order to keep things interesting, the boys decided to mix up the costumes again. Aidan kept with his Jedi (or Brennan's Jedi) costume, while Brennan opted to go as Bobba Fett. Griffin, however, decided to go with Buzz Lightyear after seeing his "best buddy Ryan" dressed as Buzz at the party last night.

We had our traditional kiddie pizza and pre-trick or treating gathering at our house and tried to ignore the rain blowing sideways outside our windows. Thankfully, the rain broke, the sun peeked out and trick or treating was on.