Costume Collaboration

I don't like to glorify anything evil about halloween.  But I love the whole costume thing...  maybe it goes back to my days of dress up as a kid with my sisters.  (Think "Little House on the Prairie" bonnets and floor length skirts.  Every day.)  So before we get onto our trick or treat pictures, a little trip down a memory lane of costumes.

Cooper's first year, he was a lumberjack.

The next year he was "Cooper 3000".

Then there was this, which is still my all time favorite.

My little nerds. (sigh)

Next up was pirates.

And last year a boxer and an army man.

(Anyone remember how we dressed Cooper in camouflage and then lost him the Bass Pro Shop? Oops.)

That brings us to this year.  I like simple costumes that don't cost money.  :)  And I prefer costumes that aren't all inclusive.  My boys now have an opinion about what they dress as now so we compromised on ninjas.

I dressed them in all black and wrapped red fabric scraps around them in the appropriate places.  We grabbed a few accessories at the Dollar Tree and all of the sudden (ninja like? :) I had a couple ninjas.

I've been fighting off ninjas for a couple days now.

But I have to see their eyes to know who's attacking me from behind.

One of these brown eyes accidentally got elbowed when he surprised me.

"If you see a ninja, it's already too late".

"Ninjas don't ask for candy, they take it before you know it's gone."