A Haunting Halloween

This is our first Halloween that Isabelle understands what is going on. She is excited about the candy, the trick-or-treating, the hay ride around the neighborhood, and hanging out with her friends. And she is VERY excited about dressing up in her costume.

We tried to give her autonomy with her costume choice, but she waffled worse than Brett Favre about what she wanted to wear this October 31st. Her top two choices were Witch and Butterfly, with a few lower-ranked choices in between (like, Princess, Ghost, Frankenstein, Ravens Cheerleader). Ummmmm, no, have you SEEN the Ravens Cheerleaders? Yikes.

We already had Butterfly wings that I picked up for $.50 at a yard sale in Spring. Izzi's BFF, Clare, has a blue tutu that would have worked as a second piece of the costume and I would have made her some antennae from arts-and-crafts supplies around the house. But, the Witch won out. She wanted to be a Witch more than a Butterfly (scientifically measured by counting how many times she mentioned each costume choice).

So we asked around, and found a costume to borrow (from Miss Trish, our daycare provider). Her daughter is 9, and had two Witch costumes to choose from.

So, stay tuned. You will soon see a few pictures of Isabelle, the "Wicked Witch of Selby" in her black and pink costume, a home-made magic wand, a long scraggly wig, and some face paint. We can only hope this year's weather is better than last year when it was chilly and rainy.

PS: Oh, and Mommy is going to be a Witch too. Daddy will not be wearing a costume, par for the course.