Call me crazy....a Halloween costume confessional.

I've never been one of those people that was super "into" Halloween. I like the candy part. Wearing a costume is fun but I've never gone all out. Before having a child I was perfectly happy to stay in and watch a suspenseful movie (the kind of scary that isn't goory or evil). Our first Halloween with Eva we ended up deciding to get her a Halloween costume at 5PM on Halloween evening, which we picked up on our way to go eat dinner that night. Last year I already knew I wanted her to be a pumpkin because I'd been planning that for years. And then there is this year......I mentioned in a post a while back that I was thinking she would be some kind of animal for Halloween. Something cute that she could make the sound to go along with. She loves animals and really, how cute is a little kid dressed up like an elephant or cow? Too cute. Enter costume #1.

Costume #1 was a mermaid costume. I saw this one day and thought it would be perfect because it didn't have a hat/head part. Eva typically doesn't want to wear a hat for very long. I also thought a mermaid would be pretty girly without being a princess (since I figure we have many years ahead of us to be a princess). She likes fish. She likes the Little Mermaid. Done. Well, I took it home, got this cute photo of her in it and about 2 minutes later the tulle already ripped. I don't expect a costume to be designed to last forever but it should hold up through a night of trick or treating at least. So I returned it to the store. 

Costume #2. Eva loves the original Monster's Inc. LOVES, as in she would watch it multiple times a week if I let her. She has a "Boo" baby doll (the little girl from the movie) that she plays with all the time. So the creative, pinterest loving mama inside of me decided that probably I should sew her a Boo costume. For only $8 (plus my heart and time) was able to create this costume. It's not toy store perfect but for a 2 year old to wear while begging for candy I figured it would be cute. I especially love the mop hair and Styrofoam eyes. Every time I put it on Eva, she was excited about how it looked, but not excited to wear it. The hood is the cutest part of the costume, but she only wants to wear it for a nanosecond. And I may have stitched the arm part so that it's too tight for her to be comfortable. Should I make her wear it anyway because I put time into it? The logical part of me says yes. The loving part of me says no. I decided that Halloween should be fun for her (isn't that the point?) so next we have costume #3. 

Costume #3. Look! It's a cute little animal costume for a toddler! She can go "grrrrr" and act like a tiger (which is basically the same as a leopard). If only I had thought of this idea in the beginning. Oh, wait. I did. I should really listen to my instincts more. The good part is that I got this on sale at Old Navy for only $5 since I waited so long. They only had 2 costumes left in the entire store and this was one of the ones I had looked at before getting the mermaid and it was in her size. I'm pretty sure that's what they refer to as a Halloween miracle.

So, yes, you could definitely say that I like to over think small decisions. All for a holiday that I don't even care that much about. It's okay if you judge me, I kind of judge myself. Whatever. In the end I only spend $13 and we now have 2 fun costumes to play in (remember, I took back the mermaid). Plus Eva loves the tiger costume and even seems to be okay wearing the adorable head part - although my back up is a leopard print bow. Like most mamas, I am really excited for her to wear her costume. We are planning to go to Boo at the Zoo this Friday so she can make her "tiger" debut. Grrrr :)