Surviving the Costumes

Last year after Halloween I wrote about how I get really burned out with costumes this time of year. This season is no exception. Between school dress up days, dances, musicals, and Halloween, I’m constantly throwing together some kind of outfit for someone, and I’m always hunting down this or that so someone can be a character from a book, or a cowboy, or a tornado in the Wizard of Oz. 

With that complaint, let’s talk about Halloween. 

Eva was Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. 

Zoe was a zombie… but also a bottle of ranch dressing and a monkey.

Daisy was a rooster (always her “go to” costume from the costume box), and she forced Scotty to wear his Inigo Montoya costume at the last minute.

Our Halloween was kind of a bummer this year. Eva wasn't feeling well and spent the night sleeping on the couch. We took her out trick or treating for a brief moment, and then she came home and laid on the couch some more (I actually didn't mind this at all because I would prefer to just stay home on Halloween, so I'm always the "take home" parent while Scotty stays out trick or treating). 

Zoe was planning on going trick or treating with a friend, and it didn't work out, so she called us in tears while we were out trick or treating with Eva, so we went and got her and took her out for a while. Scotty also wasn't feeling well, but he was a trooper and took Zoe and Daisy around the neighborhood for a while. 

The next day was the Sadie's dance for Daisy. She asked a friend from the neighborhood with a giant stuffed bear that she found in a dumpster. He answered her with a foot poster. So basically, they are both gross, so they had a lot of fun together. 

This is how things went leading up to the dance:

Me (several days before the dance): Do you need me to get anything for you for Sadie's?

Daisy: I'll let you know.

Me (again) (several days before the dance): Do you need me to get anything for you for Sadie's?

Daisy: I don't think so.

Me (the day before the dance): Do you want me to get you blue and red t-shirts for Sadie's?

Daisy: No, I think we have what we need.

Daisy (the morning of the dance): Hey, can you get me blue and red t-shirts for Sadie's?

Sigh...

Now we are getting ready for the musical at the school which opens in two weeks. Guess how many costume changes Daisy has?

Six.