The Halloween festivities have started around here, and our first official dress-up was yesterday at the Binder Park Zoo Boo. The actual dressing up commenced the moment I broke down and bought the boys swords. Instead of double dipping on the Batman costumes they got for their birthday, (like I had hoped!) Riley informed me last week that he wanted to be the "Man in Black" for Halloween. 
Not Johnny Cash, but the Dread Pirate Roberts from the Princess Bride. We convinced Connor to be Inigo Montoya, and then all that was left was for me to drive all over the place trying to put together pieces of these costumes. Because it's not like a regular pirate, or Batman, or dracula, or any one of a hundred other things they could have picked. They don't make a "Dread Pirate Roberts" costume. They don't make fancy medieval boots for 4-year-olds. And they certainly don't make an "Inigo Montoya wig, but we managed to find one that worked. I even went the extra step and got a "Buttercup" outfit for myself and a medieval outfit for Aaron, so he fit with the theme. Although it is almost November in Michigan, and we quickly covered up our outfits while trick-or-treating at the zoo, the costumes turned out pretty cool. Now I just have to figure out how to get away from work on Friday night to go trick or treating with the boys!
This is actually pre-finished product...
At the Zoo Boo...
Stay posted for a better picture of the finished costumes. The boys are going trick or treating Thursday, with Grandma Candis at "The Castle," a big old mansion in our neighborhood.
In the meantime, I will leave you with a photo of our fabulous Jack O' Lantern creations. Meagan's howling wolves turned out pretty cool!
