Comments on: Two mysteries

By: Mara

Mara — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:17:12 +0000

Mir I have a 3/4 length trench from the Gap, it would probably convert to a full-length coat for a kid. Might be worth investigating…

By: Audi

Audi — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:27:50 +0000

Don’t know if if you have figured out the costume for Monkey yet but I have found some great ideas at http://www.familyfun.com in there Halloween section. I think my favorite it the Tricky Gnome.

By: Kate G

Kate G — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:57:28 +0000

costume suggestion for a boy who only kinda sorta wants to dress up: golfer

dress as if you were hitting the greens and bring along a golf club! could even have your ‘caddy’ (daddy?) carry the golf bag that holds all the candy!

By: Woulda Coulda Shoulda » One solution, more questions

Woulda Coulda Shoulda » One solution, more questions — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:43:34 +0000

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:23 +0000

My 8-yr-old son is going as Indiana Jones. The pre-made costume was so paper-thin and cheaply made that we instead constructed our own. He has khaki pants, an old brown belt of his dad’s (we punched more holes in it), a cowboy hat from the dollar store with the brim trimmed down to 2.5 (per fedora recommendations online) & trimmed with ribbon from a craft store, white button up shirt & faux leather jacket from Target, official Indiana Jones foam whip, and brown kraft bag with a color Indiana Jones logo taped on. Now, the shirt & jacket he will wear both before and after Halloween, so we’ll get more mileage that way.
I had scoured Goodwill and TJ Maxx for the hat and jacket without any luck, but those are good places to check.

By: Mom101

Mom101 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:09:30 +0000

We should get together because we generally wake up to a self-contained puddle of dog pee these days. If we combined that with the cleaner, well we might be onto something!

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:05:00 +0000

Do you have Burlington Coat Factory down there? I picked up my son a trench coat a few years ago in a size 4/5.

By: Jennifer Suarez

Jennifer Suarez — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:40:26 +0000

I didn’t read all the other comments, but in case someone didn’t already mention it, if you have an H&M clothing store, they carry trench coats for kids. Or perhaps a halloween costume store – that should have SOMETHING that will work.

By: mama speak

mama speak — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:31:43 +0000

dressing like Otto cracked me up. I’m still giggling. Don’t think anyone at school would get it, but damn it’s funny.

I thought the pokemon/pokeman??? suggestion was awesome. Easy, something he’s into, see if you can get him to think he came up with it.

The puddle; I think you’re sleep cleaning Mir. Stress. I’m sure of it, so come to my house so that while you get to de-stress you can sleep clean here. Please!

By: Moggy

Moggy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:56:45 +0000

Love your blog… I like the idea of a Cereal Killer. Dress all in black, glue little cereal boxes all over. Each box has a plastic knife stuck in it. (i’d glue the knife to the boxes). And you got a cereal killer.