It’s Halloween! We were not quick on the draw this year at all, and only just yesterday did we figure out what everyone would be for the day. Rather than the kids deciding ahead of time, they kind of already knew that they could choose from whatever we had in our dress up clothes. Last year, we were gifted an amazing amount of costumes, masks, and hats. Not too long ago, someone else offered us a garbage bag of dress up clothes their children had grown out of. We are officially stocked up with fun things to dress up in, and because we all knew that, none of us really thought too far past that.
Thankfully, everyone found something they liked. It was fun to see what they gravitated towards this year as opposed to last year. Last year was a similar scene, where they chose from what we had. Dekker flip flopped hard and got really angry for a bit there, but eventually settled on a lion, I think mostly because it was a cozy onesie. It helped that Solly picked the little version 😉
Laela had trouble picking between princess dresses and eventually settled on a bright white, bridal selection. She felt very fancy and girly.
Rowan was straight up ticked that he needed to dress up at all! I felt kind of bad, honestly, because, did he actually have to dress up?? I guess not. But that is the name of the game for trick or treating. So what do we do?? We ended up giving him a few options and he willingly chose between them. Later on, Brady and I kicked ourselves for not giving him the opportunity to actually dress up, like in dress clothes! He would have been ALL over that!! But, ah well. Missed opportunity, and we had a fireman instead. That turned out to be awesome, because the fire chief picked him up and put him on the firetruck for a photo opp! And he only got mistaken for a girl once! Lol!
Solly was still at an age where he did pretty much whatever we asked of him, and Wavy happily complied with the butterfly costume we put her in. She was less fond of holding still for the pink dots to be painted on her face, but she lived 😉 They were super duper cute.
And they will be again!! Dekker was sold on his costume instantly. Laela flip flopped quite a bit and eventually settled somewhere I never would have expected! Rowan saw one costume and knew immediately that it was for him. Same with Solly. And Wavy just wanted to dress up. When I selected basically the only costume that would fit her, she shrieked and shrieked to wear it.
Aaaaand she’s been wearing it ever since. She wore it yesterday for the remainder of the evening. This morning, she bucked breakfast hard. We thought maybe she wasn’t feeling well, but as soon as we gave up and let her down from the table, she made a beeline for the couch filled with costumes and screamed for us to put her in her costume. Its only come off for naps, and she immediately wanted it back on.
Yes, I’m being a bit of a jerk and not telling you all what they’re going to be, because that will be tomorrows post, complete with pictures and details of the actual evening. Be assured they’re going to be some of the cutest little ones out there. We have a solid mix of genres. No cool matching costumes for our family this year! Maybe someday 🙂 But this year is already all set up! I’m looking forward to it!
Now if only Waverly had napped longer….. Wish us luck!