It's October and that means Scary!
It's become quite the topic around these parts--costume choices for Halloween. My son, now old enough to pick his suite of choice has deemed himself Darth Vader. Seeing as Santa prized him with a light saber last Christmas that can change from blue to red (and vice versa), all he needed was the black outfit, cape and mask. Which, we purchased this weekend. All fun, until I realized, that if we were an adventurous bunch, we could be a themed Halloween family this year for the first time EVER.
The Husband had vouched for Boba Fett, my daughter with curly hair in pig tails would be Princess Leah and me? Well I could be Chewbakka or some female character you can find--because holy hell, we'll all be happily "together" for once. (Previous years when The Kiddo was a whole 1 year of age, and The Cat in the Hat, I dressed as Thing 1. And Thing 2 didn't appear. My husband would have nothing to do with the red sweatsuit or blue hair. Damn him!) Anyway, it would be perfect if we had somewhere to go aside from the Trick Or Treating. Because well, one of us has to stay home and hand out hoards of candy of course, what could would being a themed family if one of us wasn't there?
Sure, sure we did get one Halloween invite. Problem is, it is over 2 hours from our house. And starts at 8pm. And when you have children under 4 at that time of night, as a mother, you are likely not to have a bit of fun. Especially when the family having the party are childless (no child toys, no rooms for them to sleep, and no idea what you put up with with a child in costume). So, so, so... well, it means nowhere to really, so why spend the mountain of cash on themed outfits?
As you can tell, I'm a bit peeved by the whole thing. Not because of the party so much as not getting a chance to throw on some costume and become someone else for a few hours (even if I was some tall thing that groans in fur). It's fun people! Really it is. And I haven't dressed up since my Glinda the Good Witch outfit for the party with my son (when he was 3)! It was so much fun. Even if I was the only mom who ventured into any outfit at all and had every little girl in the room following me around asking to hold my wand.
The Husband had vouched for Boba Fett, my daughter with curly hair in pig tails would be Princess Leah and me? Well I could be Chewbakka or some female character you can find--because holy hell, we'll all be happily "together" for once. (Previous years when The Kiddo was a whole 1 year of age, and The Cat in the Hat, I dressed as Thing 1. And Thing 2 didn't appear. My husband would have nothing to do with the red sweatsuit or blue hair. Damn him!) Anyway, it would be perfect if we had somewhere to go aside from the Trick Or Treating. Because well, one of us has to stay home and hand out hoards of candy of course, what could would being a themed family if one of us wasn't there?
Sure, sure we did get one Halloween invite. Problem is, it is over 2 hours from our house. And starts at 8pm. And when you have children under 4 at that time of night, as a mother, you are likely not to have a bit of fun. Especially when the family having the party are childless (no child toys, no rooms for them to sleep, and no idea what you put up with with a child in costume). So, so, so... well, it means nowhere to really, so why spend the mountain of cash on themed outfits?
As you can tell, I'm a bit peeved by the whole thing. Not because of the party so much as not getting a chance to throw on some costume and become someone else for a few hours (even if I was some tall thing that groans in fur). It's fun people! Really it is. And I haven't dressed up since my Glinda the Good Witch outfit for the party with my son (when he was 3)! It was so much fun. Even if I was the only mom who ventured into any outfit at all and had every little girl in the room following me around asking to hold my wand.
