Sneak Peak

I have had the worst 24 hours of my parenting career this weekend involving lots and lots of vomit, even more laundry, the crankiest 1 year old on the planet who is getting his molars, attempting to sleep on a twin bed next to a vomiting 4 year old all night and a husband who still only has use of 1 arm and can pretty much do nothing to help. Really the only positive spin that I can put on this is that my washing machine just got fixed on Thursday after being broken for 4 weeks, so at least I was able to wash all of the vomit covered bedding and clothes immediately. 

Anyway, to make me smile, I am posting a sneak peak at the boys' Halloween costumes (we had a dress rehearsal on Friday after the pumpkin patch). James was quick to inform me that he was in charge of picking out both he and Mac's Halloween costumes this year and went back and forth between wanting to be Batman and Robin, Buzz Lightyear and Woody and finally settling on a garbage truck and Oscar the Grouch. Oscar was actually a compromise because James really wanted Mac to be a bag of trash. I had final veto power over dressing my baby as a bag of trash and suggested Oscar instead. While still following the garbage theme, it is a little cuter than a trash bag.

 We need to figure out what James can wear to look like a trash man, since he does not have multiple trash man outfits like his BFF Alec, or at least put him in something different than a white shirt since it doesn't really do much for the white garbage truck. And I need to figure out how we will haul Mac and his trashcan around for the parade next weekend. But I think they are pretty darn cute costumes. My dad made most of the garbage truck when he was out for the boys' birthday party and Tim put the trashcan on the side to collect candy in (it swings into the dumpster on the other side). I got Mac's hat from Etsy and he is stuffed into an olive green hand me down shirt of James' that is perfect Oscar color.

We have been decorating the house, reading Halloween books and making a lot of Halloween crafts to get ready for the big day. James loves Halloween and it is so much fun celebrating it with kids!