my kids' sorry excuse for a costume...

i find it rather ironic...funny...sad...that here i am spending all this time making these "costumes"...(i dont look at them like costumes...but i realize a lot of people do...i just hope that the kiddos wear them more than 1 day a year!) anyway...here i am doing this...and my son has the lamest halloween costume ever. people are going to be like, "aren't you carlee's son? why didn't she make you something?" okay...here is why...in bullet points:

1. bryson changes his mind every day minute about his costume...this is what he wanted to be this week: batman, spiderman, stormtrooper, santa claus, easter bunny, mike wazowski, skeleton, pirate, a magician and a ninja. the ninja sword was really what he wanted. plus it was $5...bam...easy costume...
2. whenever i make something for bryson he ultimately HATES it. and pinches a fit if he has to wear it...like that tie...and the pirate costume i made for him and the ghost costume i made for him and several pairs of pants...so that makes it a little hard to want to spend a lot of effort making him something he might very much not prefer to wear thankyouverymuch.
3. i really dont like the idea of spending extra time and money on a costume he'll wear once. i think that is why i like the zoodies idea...you can get it on and off easy...you can take the hood off and its not so in your face...i dont know...i wish he could just wear his bat zoodie and his bat mask i made for him and be done...but since he has worn it like every day since i made it - its not that special i guess :)
4. most everything he wants to wear is some trademarked character that would look so hokey if i tried to create...

so....i spent $5 on the ninja set and i spent $2.50 (clearance) each on the leggings and $1.50 on each beanie...buying the leggings was a little rough...it went something like this..."mom why are you buying girl pants?" "i'm not...these are NINJA pants!" "oh...then why are they in the girl section?" "i dont know...isnt that wierd? we should tell them they have NINJA pants in the girls section." "yeah...we should tell them". i am thinking that its really safe to have an all black costume - they could be ninjas...karate kid...robbers...spiders if i attach some "legs" - that way if when bryson changes his mind...we will have a base to work with : )

PS - Also i have LOVED ninjas since i first saw this site...its amazing...have fun! totally sweet...