Halloween 2008

Jack couldn't quite figure out what he wanted to be for Halloween until about 2 1/2 weeks before. Well, that was about the time we were leaving for vacation, so we didn't order a costume just to have it sit on the front porch for a week. Yep, ordered... Jack wanted to be Larry Boy. Larry Boy is the superhero version of Larry the Cucumber from Veggie Tales. There are no commercial costumes out there for this character. Even the regular Larry costumes are sparse. There is a lady of eBay who makes great Larry Boy costumes, though. However, when we got back from vacation it was October 26. By that time the prices on her costumes had sored to $60. By the time I thought about it they were $75. Needless to say I was then in a delimma. I had Jeff buy the regular Larry costume. We had a Larry Boy hat from the Veggie Tales show. So, I went out to JoAnn's Fabrics to get some purple and yellow materials. I made a purple cape that Jack liked wearing. Then made a superhero shirt that was never touched. In fact, when October 30 came along and the Larry costume arrived, Jack decided he didn't want to wear his Larry Boy accessories at all. It was a little sporadic. Plain Larry for school and some of the grandparent's houses. Larry Boy for others. This year we went to all the great-grandparent's houses to Trick or Treat. It was a long drive but nice to know that they got to see him in his costume this year. Likely in the future we will just stick around our house and do the door-to-door thing.