This year's Halloween costume plan started with Jeremiah wanting to wear the cheetah/jaguar/leopard costume his brothers wore when they were four. Then Joshua decided he would be a panther to coordinate with Jeremiah. Joseph couldn't quite decide whether he wanted to dress up or not. When we discovered he had football practice that night, that helped his decision. The younger two and I headed out trick-or-treating while Tony and Joseph had practice. They joined us for the last half hour, but Joseph stayed at the street with the grown ups.
Joshua's costume was super simple. I sewed ears to the hood of his jacket and a tail to the hem:
(Jeremiah's has a tail, too, but it's hard to see here.)
Whenever anyone told Jeremiah he was a cute tiger (really, people?), leopard, cat, etc. he would tell them he was a cheetah. Sometimes he added "a really smart" cheetah. I'm not sure where that part came from. Sometimes he also felt the need to introduce everyone, including me, by name. He was quite the entertainer.
Joshua wanted fangs and scary markings on his face so no one would think he was a cat, because clearly cats are girls' costumes. Unfortunately, the people in our neighborhood didn't get the memo, because they called him "cute" or "cat" or "dog" several times. Oh, well.
The big boys drew their pumpkin designs and I carved them. Joshua's is the drooling jack-o-lantern. Joseph's is the tri-birds from Angry Birds.
In case you're worried about Joseph's lack of candy, we dump everyone's candy into one bag at our house and everyone shares. Even Mommy.
No comments:
Post a Comment