Mermaid and Minnie

When it comes time for Halloween, I always have high expectations for my kids costumes. This year, originally, they were going to be Cindy Lou Who and Baby Grinch......it's a long story! Anyway, when I failed to get the costumes made and we couldn't find any, I let them pick their own for the first year. It was a difficult decision for them both, at first they wanted to be cows.......yes, those annoying mooing things that live across the street. When I mentioned princesses, they were excited about that prospect also. Jaedyn decided she wanted to be the mouse, which in her language means Minnie Mouse, so I found her the sweetest Minnie Mouse costume from the Disney Store, complete with little yellow high heels. Then Rylee wanted to be Cinnerella........well, I'm sure you realize that's Cinderella, but all of the costumes in her size were gone, so we decided on Tinkerbelle...............at least we had. The costumes went to a friends house because we had ordered a Little Mermaid one for her daughter, so when she brought them over, Rylee was devestated that Halle got to be Ariel and she didn't. I explained that she was Tink and she had these cool light-up wings and sparkle shoes, but it was to no avail. She was NOT going to be Tinkerbelle, at least not willingly! We went to the Disney store yesterday and as long as they would let me return her Tink stuff, I told her she could pick something else........she picked the Little Mermaid. I kept telling her no, she couldn't copy Halle, so then she decided on Pluto. Yep, Pluto, if you remember, is Mickey and Minnie's dog..........

THANKFULLY, the Pluto costume didn't fit because it was VERY dorky! Finally, I broke down and she is also the Little Mermaid, and she'd better be a happy one! So now I have a Tink costume that I have to take back, BUT Emery gets to be someone from Cars, which is by far his all-time favorite movie!

(They wouldn't stay still long enough for me to get a picture, so I'll post them later!)