To compensate for the blogs I’ve missed while my laptop was in the shop, here is a long entry with a several photos. We posted a reader’s poll for you to vote for the boys Halloween costume theme. Realistically we couldn’t wait for the poll’s completion before selecting our costumes because we knew the stores would be picked over and the best choices would be gone by now.
Accordingly, we began costume shopping four weeks ago, about the time the poll was launched. After visiting a dozen stores and several websites we discovered a limited number of options for our 11 month old boys. Costumes with masks were removed from consideration due to the boys’ young age. This eliminated most of the superhero outfits. We found animal costumes to be the overwhelming option left to us, so we hoped the poll readers would choose that option.
A 'tortoise and the hare' theme was our initial twins' costume idea, but none could be found. Then we couldn’t find a pair of like costumes in the same size. We bought a tiger at K-Mart, a horse at one Walgreen’s and an alligator at another. Carol searched in Evansville and Grandma Karen looked in Florida for matching costumes with no success. Grandma’s friend Lillian found us a lion costume in Georgia and mailed it to us, giving us four strong options, but no pairs or apparent themes.
Then the idea of team mascots came to us. The alligator was perfect for the University of Florida, Grandma Karen’s favorite college. We could have used the horse to represent the Southern Methodist University Mustangs (Sandy’s graduate school), but it seemed like a stretch. A better option was using the tiger to represent the University of Kentucky Wildcats, Daddy Dave’s school.
Checking photos on the Internet we found both the Florida Gator and Kentucky Wildcat mascots wear team jerseys over their costumes. Hot on a mission with less than a week to go, Daddy Dave, his friend, Kirk Duncan, and the boys spent Monday afternoon in search of team jerseys in size 2. With much effort, we found two acceptable garments.
Test fitting the costumes we found the Wildcat a little tight, so off to the seamstress we went Tuesday for alterations. I also thought the jerseys would benefit from some team and name lettering, so I purchased iron-ons from Hobby Lobby. Thursday we picked up the Wildcat, ironed-on the letters and tried everything on. The boys were unhappy with the costumes at first, but became accustomed to the them over time.
Luckily, the reader’s poll picked animals for the twins' Halloween costume theme and our college mascot costumes fit that category. If you can’t tell, Trey Davey is the Florida Gator and Benji is the Kentucky Wildcat. Everybody is excited and ready to dress-up again tonight and go trick-or-treating. Too bad the boys are too young for candy.
Accordingly, we began costume shopping four weeks ago, about the time the poll was launched. After visiting a dozen stores and several websites we discovered a limited number of options for our 11 month old boys. Costumes with masks were removed from consideration due to the boys’ young age. This eliminated most of the superhero outfits. We found animal costumes to be the overwhelming option left to us, so we hoped the poll readers would choose that option.
A 'tortoise and the hare' theme was our initial twins' costume idea, but none could be found. Then we couldn’t find a pair of like costumes in the same size. We bought a tiger at K-Mart, a horse at one Walgreen’s and an alligator at another. Carol searched in Evansville and Grandma Karen looked in Florida for matching costumes with no success. Grandma’s friend Lillian found us a lion costume in Georgia and mailed it to us, giving us four strong options, but no pairs or apparent themes.Then the idea of team mascots came to us. The alligator was perfect for the University of Florida, Grandma Karen’s favorite college. We could have used the horse to represent the Southern Methodist University Mustangs (Sandy’s graduate school), but it seemed like a stretch. A better option was using the tiger to represent the University of Kentucky Wildcats, Daddy Dave’s school.
Checking photos on the Internet we found both the Florida Gator and Kentucky Wildcat mascots wear team jerseys over their costumes. Hot on a mission with less than a week to go, Daddy Dave, his friend, Kirk Duncan, and the boys spent Monday afternoon in search of team jerseys in size 2. With much effort, we found two acceptable garments.
Test fitting the costumes we found the Wildcat a little tight, so off to the seamstress we went Tuesday for alterations. I also thought the jerseys would benefit from some team and name lettering, so I purchased iron-ons from Hobby Lobby. Thursday we picked up the Wildcat, ironed-on the letters and tried everything on. The boys were unhappy with the costumes at first, but became accustomed to the them over time.Luckily, the reader’s poll picked animals for the twins' Halloween costume theme and our college mascot costumes fit that category. If you can’t tell, Trey Davey is the Florida Gator and Benji is the Kentucky Wildcat. Everybody is excited and ready to dress-up again tonight and go trick-or-treating. Too bad the boys are too young for candy.
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