Halloween 2011 was, as you may imagine, a pretty big deal at our house. As far as holidays go, Halloween has always been pretty low on my list of favorites. I prefer the ones that include pie and extended family. But I do like dressing up, and I LOVE babies in costume. So it was with great excitement that we began to discuss our child's first Halloween costume some weeks ago. I'd seen some sickeningly cute costumes, and was hoping to talk Elvis into letting me buy one. I was partial to the octopus costume I saw online. How cute is that? But then my amazing hubby came up with something even better. In the grand tradition of both our families, Henry's costume would be home-made, and would put all the other babies' costumes to shame. The weekend before, we went out to buy the pieces and put it all together. After the hot glue dried we put the baby in his costume, and thus began the laughter. I hope when he's older, he appreciates the creativity and isn't weirded out: for his first Halloween, my beloved son was a 2-headed baby.
At the last minute, Elvis and I decided to dress up as well, and so the four of us (King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, Hank and "Hazel") piled into the truck to go out. We didn't go door-to-door for candy, but we did walk up and down San Antonio Street to show off our little monster. Sadly, our costumes seemed to outshine Henry's, or maybe people just couldn't see his 2nd head. Either way, it was a bit anticlimactic. I was hoping to get some hilarious reactions when people saw our little mutant, but he really only got one: one lady reacted, thinking he was a doll (he IS ridiculously cute, I admit). The important thing, though, is that Elvis and I had fun, and we made some precious memories to cherish forever. And hey, there's always next year!
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