Reason #592 I feel mother’s guilt: I’m so bad at Halloween. Even as a kid I remember I was never really into it. When it came to costumes, I was highly unoriginal. I dressed up as a witch for like, 5 years in a row. Cliche much? And also foreshadowing, according to my husband.
Inevitably my boys will always want to be something gory and gross. I remember when they were babies and I could chose cute little costumes for them. When my oldest was 2 he was Jumpsuit Elvis. My middle boy once fell asleep trick-or-treating in his Winnie the Pooh costume with the adorable puffy tummy. Now they want to be Zombie Blood Brains, and Blood and Guts Swamp Monsters. And that’s palatable compared to the girl’s costumes these days. Slutty Big Bird and Whorehouse Alice in Wonderland? Gross. It didn’t used to be that way. My daughter is 4 and I’m already having anxiety over it.
Now let’s get this shit over with!
Boo Humbug is right. It’s so funny that you feel this way when we had SO much fun as kids dressing up like matching pumpkins. Or some scary clown and punk rocker. NOW I know why you always had something going on during my Halloween Parties. Thanks for the shout out…we’re heading to a contest tomorrow night for last year’s fortune teller costumes. It’s also so funny that you will be playing Christmas music and putting up your tree on November 1st and MY husband will be ba-humbuging about people prematurely putting up their Christmas stuff. 🙂 Love ya, Re. No worries. Hey, even though we shouldn’t be having the handfuls of candy, isn’t it the best to steal your favorites after they go to bed?? Guilty pleasure. xoxo
Ha! You totally busted me on the Christmas-time ridiculousness. I cannot deny it. See? We all have our “thing.” I guess I DO have many fun memories of dressing up and trick or treating with you. Perhaps I’ve blocked them out over the years. Your milk carton costume comes to mind. 🙂 Good luck at the costume contest!
Haha!! I feel your pain.. I usually THINK I have the spirit but then, inevitably, someone decides that *I* should dress up for something. Uh. No.
Uh. No. *spot on!* Hahaha!
I’m not a big Halloween fan either and I guess it genetic…when my daughter was four and we were out trick or treating with a very enthusiastic group, she very loudly asked, “Why do we have to do this, we have candy at home.” Love that kid!
Now there’s a kid full of common sense! I’d like to high five her! 🙂
I *love* dressing up!! I don’t go overboard decorating for very many things because that’s just more work to clean up later, but dressing up is still fun for me. Plus, I love stealing….I mean “inspecting” all the kids’ candy!
Oh, so you’re one of THOSE people. 🙂 (And PS, “inspecting” all that candy does have it’s perks.)