Happy Halloween!

We've been very fortunate to have a family costume maker (Najm) to bless the children with creative Halloween costumes over the years. We've had a ladybug, a cheetah and a tiger, a koala, a giraffe and a lion, and a prairie girl. This year they were going to reuse costumes from previous years, so Najm thought she was off the hook.

After going back and forth, Alexander decided to be Waluigi, a character from the Mario video games. (When I asked Alexander, he insisted that Waluigi is not a bad guy. Now that I've done some research, I see that his name means "bad Luigi". Maybe this wasn't my finest parenting moment.) We bought his costume, and it just needed some hemming and velcro added, so I did that myself.

Halloween morning, ready for school

We also bought Charlotte a Native American costume, but she hated it when she put it on. We returned the costume to the store and within a couple weeks one arrived to Charlotte's specifications. Najm to the rescue!

Halloween evening, ready for trick-or-treating