Costumes

I am SO far behind in my posts, but I cannot go any further without a nod to Magnet Man! Halloween is such a huge holiday here, with all the kids dressing up to go trick or treating, parades at school, church parties, it was quite exhausting.

About two or three weeks beforehand, Arran had announced that he wanted to be Magnet Man. We had no idea who, or what Magnet Man was, but I was the all-amazing-mommy expected to make the costume. He kept trying to describe it to me, but it was too much to take in, so finally daddy sat down with him and as Arran carefully described all the details, James drew! This was the final result.

It was a bit of work (finding white clothes for a little boy, was in itself, quite the task) and towards the end it was a little stressful. I had been attempting to make a helmet from paper mache, when James decided to buy a used sports helmet, which he then miraculously converted and embellished for our finished product. Magnets were sown into his gloves and he was a happy camper.

I was very grateful that this year Bryttain wanted to be a ballerina one night and a princess another, with Asia oblivious to the whole event. I only had it in me to work on one costume and realize that in years to come I will have to be planning and preparing a lot further ahead as the three of them come up with more elaborate ideas.