No, You Can't Be THAT for Halloween....

We try to encourage our kids to be creative, to be individuals. Every year in September we brainstorm ideas about costumes. Sometimes I sew, glue, paint, etc. to make their costumes. Some years we just buy parts.

This year Tobey is going to be a presidential candidate, with "Vote for Tobey" signs hanging over his shoulders, and stickers to hand out. Brennan is a mad scientist, and Ry is a ninja (we recently watched the movie "Mortal Combat").

Here are some of the great characters the boys have been- their own choices- over the years...
A Hawk (head, wings, & tail)
Mark Martin (a cardboard box turned into a car that hung waist-high)
Frodo (hairy feet and pointy ears made it perfect)
Ring Wraith (all black- very scary)
Alien with 6 eyes (ping pong balls make great eyes)
Robot (watch out for the exhaust valve in the back)
Headless Man (Mike scares kids annually with this one)
Skeleton (we cut out a complete skeleton out of reflective vinyl and stuck it to a black jogging suit)
Stunt team (each with many injuries, and I dressed like an ER doc)

Here are some of the requests that didn't make the list (or a costume)...
Invisible boy
Doc Oc (eight arms? No way!)
a tooth
Lake Michigan
a jellyfish (too much Discovery Channel)
Iron Man (waaaaay to much work)
Xbox controller
Lego guy
Jesus

Happy Halloween!