a pirate and a bumblebee
last year on halloween, we got a monkey suit for gavin because he was really into monkeys. but he wasn’t into the suit so much. (at least, not on halloween. later, he was more than happy to run around as a monkey.) i wanted to get a gorilla suit to encourage him to jump in the monkey suit, but you’d be surprised how difficult it can be to find a gorilla suit (at least, when going to halloween stores in real life — this year i found plenty online).
gavin really likes pirates and pirate ships, so we decided to get a pirate costume for him this year. and we got a bumblebee costume for lilah because they were so cute. i decided that i could help encourage gavin to want to wear his pirate costume if i was a pirate, too (and that had absolutely nothing to do at all with wanting to dress up like a pirate myself. nope. not at all.)
here’s some of our dress-up adventures:
gavin tests out the bumblebee suit
once pirated, encouraging "arrr"'s are performed to get him in a piratey mood. instead, he has a look of "dad, what are you doing?"
but after further demonstrations, he starts to get the hang of it
lilah shows off her stinger
like pirate...
...like son
gavin shows off the broom he and mommy made at Red Butte Garden's Garden After Dark
...and starts practicing for the quidditch team
the day is topped off with the first annual pumpkin rolling contest
Your kids are so cute, Chris! I love how Gavin looks just like you and Lilah looks just like Erin! It looks like you had a great Halloween
Comment by Jessica — November 7, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
actually, we didn't take pics of the best part, which was the day after…i sort of felt bad that we only had one trick or treater and the kids didn't get to go out that night, so we put up some dark sheets closing off the hallway and stationed some large foam blocks we have as obstacles and hid some small pumpkins and a "magic wand" that Gavin got at the aforementioned Garden After Dark and had G go through the quasi-spooky hallway to the end where he knocked on the door and said "trick or treat! happy halloween!" when lilah woke up he wanted to show her the whole thing, too, and they had a lot of fun playing in that for a couple hours.
Comment by jazzs3quence — November 8, 2009 @ 4:05 am
I really enjoyed all these pictures. You and Gavin make great Pirates. And Lilah is a cute little bumblebee. Was Erin camera shy?
Comment by Grandma Randi — November 7, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
it was more that we didn't have the camera out when erin was wearing her costume. but we plan on keeping (and reusing) our costumes for a while, so hopefully we can get some pics next year. and therefore, i won't spoil the surprise by revealing what erin's costume is
Comment by jazzs3quence — November 8, 2009 @ 4:01 am
I'd say those 2 pirates are JOLLY scary! I'd hate to meet them in the middle of the Great Salt Lake!
I've never seen such a cute bumble bee, either.
Comment by G'ma McC — November 10, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
arrrrr
Comment by jazzs3quence — November 10, 2009 @ 9:21 pm