Themed Halloween

For us, it’s most of the fun-- picking a theme, coming up with costume ideas and pulling it all together by All Hallows Eve.  The biggest challenge is coming up with a theme everyone agrees on.  I even admit, right here on the blogosphere, to manipulating to gently suggesting ideas.  The year the Princess was three, I found the cutest indian girl costume at Old Navy.  When the monkeys balked at dressing up as indians, I told them I’d let them have mohawk haircuts if they complied.  All but one jumped at the chance to sport a mohawk, so the rebel went as a cowboy that year.  Cowboy and indians.  Loads of fun... until their costumes came apart.  I don’t sew, I glue gun.  Apparently hot glue, while wonderful for a multitude of uses, isn’t so great for holding together burlap pants.  Just a little tip...

Then there was the time a couple of years ago they all went as characters from The Wizard of OZ.  I figured we should try and squeeze that one in while we could, before the boys got too old and would think it silly.  I had some trouble with the lion.  I told him he could be scary and not cowardly.  Score.

 Last Halloween was quite easy and fun:  Things 1-7.

And this year... story book characters. (click to enlarge)

Kind of hard to tell from this photo, but can you name them?
(l. to r. Sherlock Holmes, Red Riding Hood, Robin Hood, Jack -- from Jack and the Beanstalk, Mad Hatter, Tom Sawyer and one very disgruntled cow that was sold for silly magic beans)