Follow my blog with Bloglovin Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. Even at age 43, I love dressing up. We've been dressing up since 2000. Some years a costume will get a second or even third life around here before donating them or using it as a decoration. In 2010 we went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. There were eight of us, so we split into four couples and each had a theme. My dad and oldest son were Geppetto and Pinocchio. A couple weeks later for a Halloween party we attended, I donned the little wooden boy costume. And just this year, my daughter attended a Halloween party and became Pinocchio. Her official costume this is still being completed for Halloween night. I should note my mom made the Pinocchio costume.
Alien becomes Grinch
Our middle son wanted one of those morph alien suits in 2012. After spending $50 on it, he literally put it on long enough for me to take one picture, deciding days before Halloween he was too old (and cool) to dress up and go trick-or-treating. Two years later I used the suit as a base for being The Grinch.
Mad Eye Moody ages backwards
Harry Potter was a popular choice for our oldest through the years. In 2008 I was Mad Eye Moody. He then repuropsed the costume three years later.
Eeyore is a double dose of cuteness
That first Halloween for our boy in 2000 he was Eeyore. We had done a Winnie the Pooh theme with his nursey and couldn't resist the cuteness of the costume. Seven years later his little sister strolled the streets in the same costume. I just got a look at our costumes for this year. I wonder what they'll be recycled in to for Halloweens to come.
Ten years ago our family was complete with the birth of our daughter Brooke. She was born a month before Halloween and that first year she was a plump little pumpkin. Obviously she was a month old so she didn't have a say in the matter.
Lil' Eeyore
That next year she was a white rabbit to our oldest son's magician. Then she donned an Eeyore costume her brother wore on his first Halloween. Then we got into the princess phase. Two years she went as Cinderella followed by a year as Ariel from the Little Mermaid. A cowgirl, cheerleader and devil made it into the mix too.
Zombie girl
Last year she changed course and went from adorable character to walking dead. I'm not going to lie, when she announced she wanted to be a zombie I was a bit hesitant. I think the biggest issue for me was my baby girl was growing up and I wasn't ready. Then a few months ago she announced she wanted to have a zipper face with blood oozing and I cringed. I tried in vain to talk her out of that decision. But I was happy she was still choosing to dress up.
Zipper face & friends
Her best friend was going as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz so I suggested she be the Scarecrow or even on of the witch's flying monkeys. I got a big fat no. My wife and I dressed as Sadness and Anger from the movie Inside Out and thought we had her hooked on the idea of being Disgust, but she rejected that too. So with days before the big night of trick-or-treating, I picked up a zipper face kit at Walmart.
Even moments before I opened the kit I asked her again if she was sure that's what she wanted to be and she said she was. She changed into a monster costume she wore from a previous dance recital and was ready to start the transformation. It didn't take long to tell she was very happy with the process. Yes it's another sign that my kids are growing up, but I had fun helping create the new look for my daughter. While it may not be the thing all 10 year old girls would do, it's what she wanted and being different is never a bad thing.
