There are some awesome benefits of living in a neighborhood filled with talented overachievers. One of my neighbors has a halloween party every year in which a few things are served up in abundance-
1. Hot chocolate
2. Homemade donuts
3. Various treats of the homemade variety
4. Haunted Hay rides
Everyone comes dressed up, unless they are lame, like me. It is so much fun and I love that it extends the Halloween season for one more night of costuming and sugaring up.
The party was Saturday and because of my chaotic life, I wasn't able to get Luke's costume until the thursday before the party. I knew there wouldn't be a very good selection of costumes at this late date, but I was determined to put my shoulder to the wheel and push some people out of the way to get my 5 year old the costume he desired.
We made the trek to Orem to go to the Disney store (how annoying that SLC doesn't still have one). And what a trek it was. I thought it would be a good idea to go at rush hour, so we moved about as fast as I could have pulled a handcart. Tanner was thoroughly annoyed at me because I made him come help me, so in order to appease him I had to stop at Krispy Kreme. I mean, can you imagine how much I hated stopping to get some hot glazed donuts (those things are truly evil). We arrived at the disney store after much trauma and drama (Luke touching Sadie, Sadie screaming that Luke touched her, Tanner expressing his displeasure about the whole affair). Of course, I was right, and there were pretty much NO costumes left his size EXCEPT for the very cute Captain Hook and the very feminine Peter Pan. No way was I going to let him be Peter Pan! But Luke took one look at the gayish green costume with it's accompanying knife and "bowden arrow" (bow and arrow) set, and he was sold! I tried to point out the cool hook and sword that Captain Hook would be sporting, but alas, he was completely blinded by the choice of weapon.
I hope his violent ways makes up for the clearly androgynous look of the Peter Pan costume. I think everyone will be clear that he is all man when they have to pull the arrow out of their stomach or the knife out of their back.
My princess Sadie who won't wear anything but dresses decided she must purchase the Tiana dress with coordinating shoes. She is just like all of us women-her heels hurt her feet, create blisters and red spots, but she continues to wear them because of their beauty. I am starting to wonder how long this "dresses only" stage will last. Maddie never went through this stage, so I just don't have a clue. Sadie will dig thru the dirty clothes to find a dress she deems appropriate. She has, on a couple of occasions, slept in her dress (and would do it every night if I let her). I have put all of her non-playtime dresses out of reach, but this morning I woke up to find her step stools stacked on top of each other, stacked on top of stuffed animals. She had been building her own Tower of Babel. She said she was trying to get her Santa dress down. Again, just like us women, she has specific things that she feels like wearing and it is almost impossible for me to refocus her on something more appropriate. She ended up wearing the same dress that she wore at church yesterday. Seriously, I am just glad she dresses herself, because my 5 year old Peter Pan, can't even figure out how to take his own shirt off.
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I love these pictures! I actually got Haylee the exact same dress and shoes!! They can be little twiners, except for Haylee has to wait for her B-day to get hers :)
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