Punkin'

Choir in Costume

We hold our choir rehearsals on Saturday mornings, which means this week it fell on Halloween. We invited the kids to come in costume, so we did as well. We just happened to have these very musical costumes on hand. It took many baby wipes, but I did successfully get all the green off.

Maize Maze

Topher's one Fall goal was to visit a corn maze. On Friday, we made his dream come true.

Robotic

Knowing that the glowsticks wouldn't work in the daylight, I added Christmas lights to the front of Topher's costume for his school costume parade. Then, the day before the event, Topher came home and announced that his teacher said they were all old enough to put on their costumes without adult help for the parade. That's great, except Topher's robot arms were held on by binder clips which he could not attach himself! I began to brainstorm a solution. The morning of the parade, I had an idea. I used duct tape to create a strap that went across his shoulders, holding the arms in place. He practiced putting the whole thing on, arms first, then the body, then the hat. The shoe covers I made disappeared and were never found, so we made do with his light-up shoes.

Guys, I might be a genius. I'm way prouder of that arm solution than I probably should be.

Did he get the costume on by himself for the parade? Yes!

Were the arms upside down so the strap was on his mid-back instead of his shoulders? Possibly!

Was it still a totally awesome costume? Also yes!

Topher was solidly in character while we walked the parade route. Some of the moms that attended the parade told me afterward that they tried to get Topher's attention while we walked past them. He turned his head toward them with a robotic movement, then made some beeping and booping sounds, and kept walking. He might be a method actor.