For the first year Nicholas decided on his Halloween costume himself this year and helped work on it! And he was . . .
Woody, from Toy Story!
I took him to Target at the beginning of October to pick out a costume before all the options in his size were gone (because that is how our Target works--if you don't buy your swimsuit in March when they first come out, you are out of luck, even though it is still snowing). And out of the choices available he really wanted the Woody costume. Given that it was so thin it wouldn't have been appropriate for trick or treating in Southern California and was really tacky looking, I repeatedly tried to guide him towards other options. But he wasn't having any of it. Thus began our weekend adventure of looking for pieces of a costume.
And he really enjoyed looking for parts of the costume, although I got frustrated at points with how perfectionistic he was being. I can't tell you how many yellow shirts he dismissed as "not a Woody shirt" because they didn't have red "squares." But we eventually put together an outfit, only buying the hat/belt combo as an actual Disney purchase. And he even got me to be domestic for a couple days to sew his vest. He picked out the fabric (thank goodness JoAnn's had multiple cow fabrics) and cut the thread for me each time I needed more thread to stitch on his sheriff's badge. I will admit, however, that I sewed the actual vest while he was sleeping. Maybe next year he will be old enough to help with the sewing machine, but this year that was still a bad idea.
Nicholas seems happy with his costume:
We went trick-or-treating with our neighbors and had a delightful time. Nicholas went up to the houses by himself this year, and quickly learned about scooting to the side to avoid getting hit by storm doors that opened out. He rarely said "trick or treat" but was pretty good about "thank you." Our real concern with him was how acquisitive he was. I don't know if it is inherent or the result of the people at the first few houses holding out a bowl and telling him to take 2 or 3, but he was really bad about reaching into the bowl to take extras when someone put something in his bucket. But overall, a great success.
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