Darth and the Pirate

Conrad decided to be Darth Vader for Halloween right off the bat this year. His buddy Ben told him he was going to be Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Conrad thought it would be pretty cool to be good ole' Darth. Jason took him to the Halloween shop and they found an outfit, but Conrad was pretty disappointed with the mask. You know the kind I'm talking about. The flat flimsy plastic kind with an elastic cord to hold it in place. Luckily his buddy Matthew pulled through for him and let him borrow his ultra cool mask complete with sound effects--including the infamous Darth Vader breathing!

Rylan was a little more difficult when we tried to narrow down his costume. Every suggestion was met with an enthusiastic "YES!" As in:

Mommy: Do you want to be Spiderman?
Rylan: Yes!
Mommy: How about a policeman?
Rylan: Yes!
Mommy: Would you rather be Diego?
Rylan: Yes!

Finally, Rylan and I were walking by The Children's Place at the mall and the costumes caught my eye. They were really unique, and super cute, so we ducked into the store. I immediately envisioned my 2 year old looking adorable in the dinosaur outfit they had. He agreed that it was acceptable, so we found his size on the rack. Then I made a tragic mistake. I put the hat (which looked like a dinosaur head) on my hand and said "roar!" in what I thought was a playful voice. He backed up immediately and said very seriously "I do NOT want to be a dinosaur." I bargained, pleaded, and did everything I could think of to get him to change his mind, but he wouldn't budge. So we left with a pirate costume instead.