[QUOTE=Elza B
My 14 month old was a skunk from Target. He was a damn cute skunk, too :D.[/QUOTE]
Last year my Little Guy was a skunk. (He was two) And the skunk is very adorable!
I think the full body suits for the toddlers are great actually. Most of them are thicker, which makes me think that costume makers have finally gotten the hint that Halloween is usually cold!
Or…
George Burns: “Say goodnight, Gracie!”
Gracie Allen: “Goodnight, Gracie!”
It would take all of my self control not to say to those kids, “Hey, hold on a sec,” then come back to the door with a bucket of toilet water to chuck at them.
I saw some pretty good ones. I do NOT want to turn into an old fuddy-duddy, but I was dismayed by some of the costumes on what had to have been 10 or 11 year old girls that really looked too sexual for them. One of those “yeah she’ll be hot in about 7 years” kinds of things.
Now for the thing I could not say out loud last night to my own son: yes, the Power Ranger outfit is cute. I realize you like it to fit that way, but for god’s sake you have man toe!
Oh well, he didn’t care (he’s 6, why would he?) and it wasn’t a big deal. But jeez, it was like when you watch someone with food on their lip and you keep wiping yours. I kept pulling out imaginary wedgies all night long.
In our climate, it actually makes a lot of sense. It’s often cold, and your pretty pretty princess needs to wear a jacket and a hat anyway. Ruins the costume and leads to lots of tears and other people thinking you dragged your uncostumed kid out for candy grabbin’s. Even my Dorothy had on white leggings, white socks (I bought her ruby slippers a size big to accommodate thick sport socks instead of thin bobby socks) and a long sleeved white onesie under her blue and white checked dress. Her wig also helped keep her warm, and it was only chilly, not cold, last night.
These fuzzy fleecy costumes, often with hoods, provide warmth and costumey goodness.
I suspect the parents in Florida aren’t so pleased with them, however.
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Make. Shower. Joke.
The best one at my house was Harry Potter. Even without the name on the robe, it was obvious who he was. He was even about the right age for the first HP movie.
The cutest one was a two year-old girl in the traditional witch custome. She was tired-out so her mother had her in a stroller. The hat was the perfect size for her and well made. She was just too-cute.
I was pleased and surprised how polite all of the kids were. Even the older ones had good costumes and said, “Thank you.”
Hey wow! My kid went as a homemade Mario. You don’t happen to live in SE Michigan, do you?
The little buggers we got were all pretty good, actually. it was the 50-60 year old balding lady with smeared clown makeup that made me want to close up shop for the night.
::shudder::
We had about 60 kids, almost all little ones, and even the few teens were at least trying, costume-wise, and well-behaved. A lot of the kids were in snuggly full-coverup animal costumes, including a very cute dragon, and a 3-4 year-old bunny who insisted on getting down and petting the bunny-shaped boot brush beside our front door. A couple of princesses, one of whom had Daddy along in a king costume. A lot of the parents accompanying the younger kids were dressed up as well, which I haven’t noticed before.
One of the women at work wore an orange sweatshirt with an appliqué pumpkin face on it. It worked for her, as she’s about 8½ months preggers 
This was my first chance to take my daughter trick or treating. No way was I going to miss it again! That being said, we weren’t home to pass out candy. The usual lame teenagers were around however, the worst was this guy with a kid about 4 and a toddlerish baby in a stroller, not only was there no WAY the kids were even remotely in costume, they didn’t even have a candy bag. Dad had a grocery sack on the stroller. I couldn’t figure out to be pissed off that there was no effort at all or wonder if the Dad had just picked up the kids and was doing the best with a bad situation. Seriously though, most folks can whip something together, even if it’s a sheet.
Not to brag, but my girl went as a geisha/asian thingy. My mother didn’t recognize her, she asked who the 5 year old was. Kinda freaky seeing my kid look so grown up. She’s TWO
My friend who is due in a couple of months said she was going to wear a big black turtleneck with baby pumpkin hat and orange booties pinned on her belly. Another friend reported back that it did indeed look cute!
Nope, nowhere near.
Hmm I like that King/Princess idea. Maybe I should plot next year to dress my son as a Prince and me a Queen? Or something similar… I love dressing up, I don’t need candy myself.
Boy, I’d have said that to MY son. I tend to be fairly blunt whenever one of my loved ones (including hubby) comes downstairs in something that’s guaranteed to frighten the horses and cause old ladies to faint. 'Cause I figure that loved ones depend on each other to tell them when they’ve got spinach in their teeth or whatever, like “gotcher back”.
Even if he didn’t understand what “man toe” was, you could say something like, “Um, your costume doesn’t look good all bunched up in your crotch like that”, and then he’d have pulled it out some.
And if he insisted that he preferred to have his testicles so prominently on display, I’d have said bluntly, “Hon, nobody wants to see your boy bits quite so explicitly–they can do that on the Internet.”
A woman I work with once came dressed as an M&M when she was very pregnant, so everyone joked that she was a peanut M&M. That kid is about eight years old now, and his nickname is still Peanut. I don’t even know what his real name is – that’s all anyone ever calls him!
