i started decorating. the good news is, i started and finished in less than 30 minutes.
we don't have that much thankfully. before c left to hawaii, he asked if i wanted our
halloween storage bins pulled down from the rafters in the garage. YES, please, i said.
he was surprised i hadn't asked for them earlier. me too.
a few years back, i'd have asked for them the first week in october,
but back then i had little boys. now i have big boys. with scout playing competitive soccer
and a tween son who has surf practice and competitions that last hours on weekends,
our weekends are full.
there was a time when the boys had no where to be, and when they were little, we kept life
pretty simple and spent lots of time together....knowing it wouldn't always be that way.
my fondest memories of those years with little ones are walking to the beach on weekends,
playing in the sand for a few hours, eating a picnic lunch {usually from taco surf},
and then we'd walk home, rinse off and take a family nap. those were the days.
so we got a late start this year decorating and between scout's soccer game
this morning and explorer's fall festival, we pulled the bins into the living room.
there we found almost every one of the boys' past costumes {i'm sentimental and can't
seem to part with them}, styrofoam pumpkins to decorate our fireplace, a faux skull,
black rubber rats, paper bats that get taped to the fireplace facade, and even the doubled
layered halloween plastic cups from target that the boys have had since preschool.
between the two layers, pumpkins and ghosts float around in glitter water.
the boys think they are 'kinda cool' so i keep them around.
much to my chagrin, we aren't doing a group themed costumes.
we all enjoy star trek, so i suggested we dress as characters from any of the tv shows.
i specifically didn't say 'the next generation, as i wanted to allow the boys lots of flexibility.
finn loved the idea and went back and forth between going as wesley crusher from star trek:
the next generation or spock. in the end he chose spock. {i was surprised lieutenant data wasn't
in the running}. i purchased a simple red star trek dress on amazon and when i showed to the boys,
scout pointed out that i wasn't really going to look like uhura because i'm not black.
i had no specific character in mind, but apparently uhuru wears a red dress and is african.
no matter.
scout proceeded to tell me he really didn't want to dress as anyone from star trek.
he really wants to wear his thomas muller soccer uniform. when i mentioned he wore
that uniform last year, he clarified that he wore muller's germany's national team uniform.
thomas also plays for bayern munchen, a club team in germany. they are different and he has
several jerseys. so be it i said. he's past those years where i have influence on what he dresses as.
{thank goodness i dressed him as a penguin, skunk, frog, bird and owl when he was younger}.
i can hardly wait to see finn all dressed - he has the pointy spock ears and a black wig to complete his outfit.
he wasn't a fan of the black shiny wig, but with blonde hair, it's a must if he wants to be spock.
i'm looking forward to seeing him fully dressed before he goes off with his friends {middle schoolers
don't trick or treat with their parents}. luckily, scout and his friends are happy to have us tag along.
