So. What's your kiddo gonna be for Halloween?

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I'm here, just listening. I need ideas for Andy.

[circa1978]

I wanted him to be an old fashioned newsboy but I think he's going to be an engineer.

[speckledfrog]

I wanted him to be a garden gnome, but I don't think he'll wear the beard. Or hat.

[sineadorebellion]

I have a Princess Merida and Sofia the First costumes on the way from the disney store. They better not change their minds, these girls!

[tacocat]

I don't have kids either, but I asked my sister a couple of weeks ago what my nephews were going to be. The 3 year old wants to be Batman, so she's dressing up the 1 year old as Robin.

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Sept 25, 2013 12:33:08 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

KHC wants to be something from Minecraft.

I have no idea what to do with Jack. He's a baby and I can obviously do something totally squeeful, but I have no ideas. Help.

Andy was a monkey last year and H wore a banana suit. If you're into that kind of thing, lol.

(I'm trying to picture your fabulous flowing tresses in a banana suit)

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Chefs.

I have to run to Michael's to get the aprons!!!

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Lucy's being Bubbles from the Powerpuff girls. She can't decide if I should be Blossom or Buttercup, and I guess her American girl will be the other one.

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I DON'T KNOW. it's on my list of things stressing me out. i don't have time to sew something, since my sewing machine is still packed away because my house is full of crap.

i was thinking ladybug girl (i.e.: www.amazon.com/Ladybug-Girl-David-Soman/dp/0803731957/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y), since i can assemble all of those items without having to sew, each could be reused by my kid for playtime ad infinitum, and she needs new rainboots anyway. but when i ask L if she wants to be ladybug girl she's like "yes. i also want to be a dinosaur lion." WTF.

the baby will, if he's here, be a firefighter because my mom lost her damn mind and bought a newborn sized firefighter costume/sleeper.

[nahoku]

DS wants to be Batman (again) and DD wants to be a princess.

[cleo29]

I think a butterfly or maybe a hula dancer. She wanted to be flower fairy earlier in the month, so we might go back to that.

I think K will either be a lion or a ladybug. Hand me down costumes.

[HiC]

Lela from Teen Beach Movie (cringe). She wants the store bought costume. She won't even let me put a decent Lela costume together myself.

[sewf]

Well, he was going to be Pubert Addams to my Morticia and H's Gomez.

Maybe.

I kinda want to go the cute route now, though.

[emptygee]

A geisha

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Sept 25, 2013 12:38:16 GMT -5 HiC said:

Lela from Teen Beach Movie (cringe). She wants the store bought costume. She won't even let me put a decent Lela costume together myself.

Ah come on!  You ROCKED that DJ Lance one!

[eddy]

Jack is going to be a Storm Trooper.

And H's dream has come true because this allows us to have a family theme. Leo will be Yoda.

I pray I don't have to dress up. I don't even like Star Wars.

[game blouses]

I have no idea! I'm leaning toward an astronaut. I thought he'd be walking by Halloween but he'll probably still be crawling (or maybe taking first steps) so it has to be something crawl-able.

[ElizabethBennet]

I have absolutely no idea. She also refuses to wear anything on her head or face so I have to figure something out that doesn't require a hat or mask.

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The laziest costume ever, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Michaelangelo, to be exact. I bought the shell and mask in the TMNT toy section at Walmart, bought a pair of green pants and green t shirt, boom. Plus, he has already been playing with the shell and mask, so I know it will get some use other than as a costume.

[TrudyCampbell]

Baby + 2 dogs are all being zebras.

[litebright]

DD1 wants to be a frog. Actually, she wants to be a "pixiedust bullfrog," which is some creature she made up.

This morning I ordered this from Amazon:

www.amazon.com/Creative-Educations-Reversible-Hooded-Prince/dp/B003RYUJRK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380130851&sr=8-1&keywords=frog+cape

And she will probably want to wear a pink shirt and pink pants with it so that she's a girl frog/pixiedust bullfrog with a pink belly.

DD2 is still undecided, but DD1 has been very firm on this so I went ahead and ordered.

[salsaverde]

Mario Brother's Luigi and his cousin will be Mario.

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Oh also, this will be their first Trick or Treat year. We're doing the local downtown business one and I'm so excited!!! I hope they get candy they can eat. Then it will be like a double first -- first ToT and first candy, lol. [ETA we will not get candy from every single place b/c, c'mon, toddlers.  This is mostly for my own excitement.]

I think the boys will love being around the bigger kids and greeting everyone at the stores

[katfco]

My daughter is going to be a Dalek and my son is going to be a TARDIS.

[peachykate]

Iron man, it was his birthday present.

If it wasn't so warm out I doubt if ever get him out of it while we are home.

[Kristinmo]

DS is going to be a monster and DD is going to be an owl. Both of their costumes are from Old Navy.

[speckledfrog]

Sept 25, 2013 12:50:11 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Ooh, maybe Calvin and Hobbes. I like this idea.

I am dying of cuteness and filing this away for next year. 

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Sept 25, 2013 12:43:32 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Sept 25, 2013 12:37:50 GMT -5 cville said:

i was thinking ladybug girl (i.e.: www.amazon.com/Ladybug-Girl-David-Soman/dp/0803731957/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y), since i can assemble all of those items without having to sew, each could be reused by my kid for playtime ad infinitum, and she needs new rainboots anyway. but when i ask L if she wants to be ladybug girl she's like "yes. i also want to be a dinosaur lion." WTF.

I told Nattie she should be Ladybug girl. We've been reading a lot of these books lately. I love the idea.


She keeps saying clown, I keep begging her to be anything else. ANYTHING!

I have an old Lamb costume Natalie wore as a baby but I think it's too small for Em.
I need something lightweight and easy for her to walk in.

i would hand sew a dinosaur lion costume before i'd let my kid be a clown.

i'm totally foisting ladybug girl onto her.  she just wants the candy anyway.

[texassmith]

DD1 is being a rock star. I was going to try to make DD2 her groupie but I don't know if I'm still going to do that. She might be a Lego instead.

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Sept 25, 2013 12:33:08 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

KHC wants to be something from Minecraft.

I have no idea what to do with Jack. He's a baby and I can obviously do something totally squeeful, but I have no ideas. Help.

DS who is 8 is being a football player
DD who is 6 is being Merida from Brave
DS who is 6 months is going to be
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