We had a fun Halloween this year! We went to the Children's Museum the first weekend in October and dressed up in our costumes for a costume parade and different stations to check out. The weekend before Halloween we went to Boo at the Zoo and got to do the trick or treating there in our costumes and a fun train ride! Then on Halloween night we started off with dinner at Applebees with Ashley (kids ate free there on Halloween!) where almost everyone was in costume so that was super fun. Then we went trick or treating at my Aunt Lori's and then Aunt Shari's. We got back to our neighborhood in time to meet up with some of our neighbors to hit the street. We were so surprised at how well Grady did with trick or treating! Usually he can be quite shy, but he walked right up to the doors, rang the door bell, said trick or treat, said thank you and ran back super excited! By the end of the night Grady and Luke (our neighbor boy who is truly Grady's soul mate match, just exactly a year older...) were running ahead of all of us doing it all on their own! By that point the girls were cold, whiny, tired, and wanted to be carried by their Daddies, so the Daddies were ready to call it a night after 2 streets. :)
Brynlee's Halloween Costume Debacle:
So, I had picked out a super cute pink and yellow dinosaur costume for Brynlee and she was excited that both her and Grady were going to go as dinosaurs and match. Well, in theory she was excited about it. In reality she did not want to touch that costume or have it put on her at all. The first time she had to wear it (at the Children's Museum) she kicked and screamed the whole time we forced it on her and then pouted the rest of the time. So, when she started to do the same thing before Boo at the Zoo I decided we needed to go a different route. I even said we could put a Tutu on the dinosaur, but she did NOT want that, she only wanted the tutu on herself. She wanted to be a 'princess'. For some reason Paul and I both do not enjoy the 'princess' stuff and try not to allow most of that, but of course she LOVES it all! She is SO girly and refuses most of the outfits I pick out for her unless it is a dress or skirt, so I should have KNOWN! I am mad at myself for not just doing a girly costume to start with. So, we are loaded in the car to go to Boo at the Zoo and she is crying and yelling that she doesn't want the dinosaur. (She also has bronchitis during this so we were trying not to let her cry or yell too much because it made her cough worse and her voice more hoarse.) I quickly ran back in the house and looked through all of our dress up stuff to see what I can find. Luckily I found this pink tutu butterfly costume that she had never even worn before. So, that became her costume. She was SO excited when she saw me bringing it to the car, the whole way there she held it and sang, "I love my princess costume!" over and over again. Then when we got to the zoo and I was trying to put it on her I said that I only have a red hair bow and I didn't bring a pink one. She said, "My hair is perfect Mommy, I did it in the car on the way here." Well, okay then... :)
She ended up looking super cute and I'm so glad she was happy with her costume! I just wish I would have had time to come up with something 'better' that went along with our theme because I am all about the theme and having them match, but this year that is what we got!
Brynlee's Halloween Costume Debacle:
So, I had picked out a super cute pink and yellow dinosaur costume for Brynlee and she was excited that both her and Grady were going to go as dinosaurs and match. Well, in theory she was excited about it. In reality she did not want to touch that costume or have it put on her at all. The first time she had to wear it (at the Children's Museum) she kicked and screamed the whole time we forced it on her and then pouted the rest of the time. So, when she started to do the same thing before Boo at the Zoo I decided we needed to go a different route. I even said we could put a Tutu on the dinosaur, but she did NOT want that, she only wanted the tutu on herself. She wanted to be a 'princess'. For some reason Paul and I both do not enjoy the 'princess' stuff and try not to allow most of that, but of course she LOVES it all! She is SO girly and refuses most of the outfits I pick out for her unless it is a dress or skirt, so I should have KNOWN! I am mad at myself for not just doing a girly costume to start with. So, we are loaded in the car to go to Boo at the Zoo and she is crying and yelling that she doesn't want the dinosaur. (She also has bronchitis during this so we were trying not to let her cry or yell too much because it made her cough worse and her voice more hoarse.) I quickly ran back in the house and looked through all of our dress up stuff to see what I can find. Luckily I found this pink tutu butterfly costume that she had never even worn before. So, that became her costume. She was SO excited when she saw me bringing it to the car, the whole way there she held it and sang, "I love my princess costume!" over and over again. Then when we got to the zoo and I was trying to put it on her I said that I only have a red hair bow and I didn't bring a pink one. She said, "My hair is perfect Mommy, I did it in the car on the way here." Well, okay then... :)
She ended up looking super cute and I'm so glad she was happy with her costume! I just wish I would have had time to come up with something 'better' that went along with our theme because I am all about the theme and having them match, but this year that is what we got!
At the zoo all excited to be in her 'pretty princess butterfly' costume!
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