Ben had his heart set on being Harry Potter. He had wanted this costume for a long time. This was the year he finally talked his dad into buying it. He was the perfect Harry, messy hair and all.
Will really wanted to be Harry Potter too, but you can't have two Harry Potters in one family, so he decided to be a Death Eater instead. The only problem was that they only make adult-sized Death Eater costumes. So Will, being the creative genius that he is, found his Dad's hooded wool coat, made his own Death Eater mask with poster board, pencil (yes, he drew that himself), and glitter, and voila, Death Eater. He and Harry battled all night.
Kate wasn't sure what she wanted to be. She ended wearing a Pete the Cat costume to school for "Literature Day," but wanted a different costume for Trick-or-Treating. When digging out the coat for Will, I came across my old black leather jacket and suggested she be one of the girl bikers from her current fave movie, Teen Beach Movie. She said no, she wanted to be the biker gang leader, Butchy. She came up with this costume all on her own. Old black vest, my old sunglasses, black gloves with the fingers cut off: check, check, and check.
Jack changed his mind 47 times before he put his costume on. Thankfully I have a large stash of preschool dress-up clothes. Dragon? Bob the Builder? Buzz Lightyear? Woody? He seriously considered them all before deciding on Puppy Dog. Good choice, son, even if you won't wear the hood.
And then there was Tim. A ceiling fan. Geddit? And notice Jack decided to be a dragon this time around, still sans hood. Throw in a cute kitty cat and a super hero to make it a wonderful Halloween.
