Help me decide

[Jengerbread88]

Oh, Great, Rachel! Now I have to get all of those... Lol.

You ladies are right. I need more than one kit. I already knew I'd be pulling from a few kits-- one of the players from our favorite soccer teams was there, and Jeffrey got his autograph, so I need to pull some soccer elements over to that.

I'm thinking Zach is probably going to go as a Sporting KC player (he has a small soccer ball and everything), because I don't want to spend a ton of money on something he'll wear for about 20 minutes while we go say hi to the neighbors, then never wear again. At least a Sporting jersey he can wear until he outgrows... (and he already LOVES his soccer ball)!

[heathergw]

LOL... well Asher wore is "I Love My Mummy" shirt which glows in the dark today... and it's not the first time he's worn it already this year, tee hee

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by heathergw

LOL... well Asher wore is "I Love My Mummy" shirt which glows in the dark today... and it's not the first time he's worn it already this year, tee hee

I bought Zach a couple of Halloween shirts.

I looked at buying him a puppy dog costume or something (I don't have the time or energy to make one from scratch, and I've looked EVERYWHERE- no place has baby-sized sweats in coordinating tops and bottoms!) but costumes are ranging upwards of $20 in most places I look, and that seems like SO much money for just walking to 2-3 neighbors and saying hi.

But... I totally broke down and bought Halloween shirts. I'm convinced some will work all year. :P

[kristijoy]

I love this one. Fallish and Halloweenyish too, without being too cutsy.

[rach3975]

Originally Posted by Jengerbread88

I'm thinking Zach is probably going to go as a Sporting KC player (he has a small soccer ball and everything), because I don't want to spend a ton of money on something he'll wear for about 20 minutes while we go say hi to the neighbors, then never wear again. At least a Sporting jersey he can wear until he outgrows... (and he already LOVES his soccer ball)!

That's a good idea! I did similar things for my kids' first Halloweens. Jason was only 3 weeks old, so I dressed him in a bat sweatshirt (with wings and ears) and black sweatpants that I figured he could at least wear around the house afterward. For Ben's first Halloween I wanted to coordinate with Jason's Bob the Builder costume, so Ben was Lofty (a blue construction crane) and I dressed him in a blue sleeper he already had then made little felt wheels that slipped around his wrists and ankles and a hook that I attached to an inexpensive hat. Lauren was the one I splurged on--she was almost 1 by the time of her first Halloween, and I knew that might be the only year I had total control over her costume, so I bought her an adorable princess dress. With me as her mother and 2 older brothers, I wasn't expecting her to be all that into girly stuff when she got older. (For the record, I was very wrong about that!)