By Marcy | Leave A Comment
This happens every year. Labor day hits. Then the new school year starts- and I realize….I am already behind! My all-good-things-come-from-here-store (Target) is already sporting Halloween decorations, and I have received no less than 4 Costume catalogs this week and about 163 e-mails from online costume sites. In a panic- last night I yelled to the kids, who were peacefully in the other room doing their homework, “What are you going to be for Halloween? Hurry and decide- If I order tonight I get 20% discount!” Sensing my panic, my boys came running and we shopped online to find an appropriate costume. Not an easy feat. It went a little something like this:
7yr old: I want to be THAT. (he points to a chainsaw massacre guy. And yes, it comes in toddlers sizes)
Me: Too scary. Nothing with blood.
10yr old: How about THAT-That is awesome
Me: NOoooooo! A body in a body bag? No you can not be anything…well, DEAD.
7yr old: But it is Halloween mom! It is supposed to be scary and bloody and dead…and GROSS.
10yr old: Yeah. Gross is what I want this year. Like this. (points to some kind of anime character with a knife cutting itself in half.)
Me: Um that has a mask. You know I hate masks too.
7yr old: WHaaaaaaT? You don’t like ANYTHING!
Me: Sure I do. What about a cowboy? Or a policeman? Or a….
10yr old: Or a what? A saint? A teacher? A monk?…hey I know how about Gandhi?
Me: Perfect. I will loan you a sheet.
I know, I know….I will have to cave eventually on some of it. But I miss the days of my boys being dressed up as teddy bears, pirates and even little pumpkins. Halloween has always been more a day of theater than a day of horror for me. I suppose with the boys growing up…I will have to bend a little. It could be worse. I could have girls and have to worry about costumes like these…..Now THAT really does SCARE me.
All Photos found at Buycostumes.com. So feel free to visit their site if you are cooler mom than me!
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And then you have to decide, do I buy the costume now and risk them changing their minds in the next 6 weeks, or do I wait until right before Halloween and risk not being able to find a costume?
My toddler wants to be Batman, Superman, the Hulk, or Buzz Lightyear, depending on which day you ask him.
So far my only rule has been “no guns”. And with boys eventually they’re gonna want to be bloody and scary. My rule list will grow once my daughter has breasts.
Really well written. CUTE and I’m sure speaks to a lot of parents! Love all the pictures.
I couldn’t agree more. In fact, there are catalogs that we couldn’t even let the boys see this year because the little girl costumes were OBSCENE. OMG.