there's been a few Halloweens that I haven't documented yet...and it's high time that I catch up on all the costume cuteness over the last couple years.
2010: ahonui insisted on being cat in the hat that year...all on his own. no other costume would be acceptable. it was too funny. we then dressed up baby nahe (who was only 2 months old at the time) as a sweet little pea in a pod. sooo darling. 😊
2011: ahonui was addicted to first person shooter/zombie video games a lot more than I preferred, was able to control, or liked to admit, so that year he really wanted to be a zombie. ummm - denied! so his backup costume was to be a war soldier...ohhhkaaaaay. but since I didn't have his soldier costume by our ward trunk-or-treat party, we improvised and my clever mother scrounged around our apartment for a last minute quickie to throw on the boy...we found some red little boy boxing gloves, threw a kitchen towel around his neck, put on his red bball shorts, dabbed some black eyeshadow under his eyes, and voila! a boxer was born. and nahe was a sheep - because it was the cutest, more original (not a witch, clown, or bumblebee), best-fitting costume I could find at Walmart. what can I say, I'm not a seamstress!!
2012: it was ahonui's first year at laie elementary and the school has a little Halloween parade so we dressed him up as a ninja last year (he was pretty into the Lego ninjago series). nahe still doesn't have much say in what she ends up as for Halloween so we put her in a fairy princess getup.
we always have a ton of fun taking the kids out for the long walk around town to get as many goodies as possible until the little legs give out and the fussies start rearing it's ugly head for the night.
what do your kids like to dress up as for Halloween? do u make your own costumes, buy them, or improvise with whatever you can find around the house? sometimes those are the best ones!!
I'm kinda curious to find out what ahonui's costume request will be this October...and also if nahe will have an opinion on what I put her in when we parade around Laie. we'll see!
1 comment:
I like to make costumes with what we already have on hand since I think that's fun BUT we have a problem where we don't have stuff to really make into costumes. So the past couple years, we've bought costumes for the kids. I've always wanted to make costumes for the kids but I am so not domestic that way nor do I have the time or talent! I think whatever works for you and your family is the best and as long as the kids are happy, the parents are happy (taking the candy!) :)
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