I was scared shitless when I found out I was pregnant with my third child. My mind raced with thoughts of impending morning sickness, sleepless nights, and college saving funds. I was an absolute mess for weeks. Months, actually. One of the first thoughts that brought a smile to my face was the prospect of outfitting three children for Halloween. Visions of Three Blind Mice, the Three Stooges, and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe danced in my mind. Head over toilet, my future threesome’s costumes made it all seem worth it.
Unfortunately, my children-to-be had other plans. Never once have they all agreed to any of my wonderful homemade themed costumes, instead lusting after cheap polyester costumes that make no sense in a set at all. The older they get, the worse the costumes are becoming. It's the ultimate Halloween tragedy.
In case your children are far more agreeable than mine, here are some ideas for you ...
1. The Wizard of Oz. The most classic of costumes and no child of mine will go near any of them. We even have our own real live Toto this year, dammit!
2. Dr. Seuss and Thing 1 and Thing 2. Too literary, I fear.
3. The Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat & Alice.
4. Fred, Daphne & Scooby Doo. I mean. c'mon. Who doesn't love Scooby?!
5. Peter Pan, Captain Hook & Tinkerbell. I'd even let them fly off the furniture for the perfect photo!
6. Alvin, Simon & Theodore. Care to suck a helium balloon, kids?
7. The Three Little Pigs. Seems so fitting with all the candy they consume.
8. Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Princess Leia.
9. Three's Company? Yes, I realize it's way before their time, but I would love it.
10. And, my ultimate dream: Me as Goldilocks and them as the Three Bears.
Now excuse me while I try and figure out how to come up with a Katy Perry costume that's appropriate for my 8-year-old. Sob.
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LOL I only have 2 kids, 5 and 2, and last year was the only year we ever really did a themed sibling costume and it was a fairly vague one at that. My daughter was a rag doll and my son was a sock monkey so they were both like retro toys. This year they're going to be a peacock and a lego. I don't think there's any way we can link these together.
I have a family themed costume set in stone though for when/if we have a 3rd baby. We will be The Incredibles. I don't think our kids will argue much. As a comic book/superhero loving family, it's one of their favorite movies of all time. :)
I've got Mario, Luigi, and Prnicess Peach this year, and my oldest (who is 5) has declared that next year the new baby (a boy) can be Toad, and they can all be the Mario characters again. he's VERY disapointed that I won't spend 100 dollars to rent the Bowser Costume for his Daddy to wear though.
When my older two were 3, and my babies weren't 1 yet, they were Peter Pan, Wendy and two twin Tinkerbells (Twinkerbells, if you will). It's really the only year we managed to do a theme. They all have minds and opinions of their own now.
My boys have for all but one year had costumes that were considered pairs or matching (Green Giant and Sprout, cowboys, Batman and Superman, Mario and Luigi). The one year that they didn't match, bothered them tremendously so they went back to matching costumes. This year, they want to be different again but getting older, I doubt they will be upset about it *sniff* Last year they did the Mario and Luigi and wanted my daughter to be Princess Peach with no luck in finding the costume.