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October 30, 2006
Hallopanic '06
Remember last Halloween, when I freaked out because I waited until the very last minute to make Clara Jane's candy corn costume? "Sewing for Dummies" my ass! It took an engineer to figure out the pattern for making the hat. Still, the gloating a few days later was fun.
This year, I spyed the perfect costume about an hour after the Halloween sewing patterns hit the store. Clara Jane's all about bugs, and she's all about tutus. The patterns? Bumblebees and ladybugs with tutus. We discussed this at length, and she was thrilled at the prospect of being a bumble bee. Or a ladybug.
Until two weeks ago, when we had this conversation:
Me: Do you want to be a ladybug for Halloween? (I kept asking her this several times a week, as I'm an idiot.)
Clara Jane: No. I want to be a spider.
Me: I thought you wanted to be a ladybug.
Clara Jane: Spider.
Me: Bumble bee?
Clara Jane: SPIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know if you realize this, but oddly enough, there are no sewing patterns for toddler-sized spider costumes. I had to get all ingenious and shit.
If she wakes up tomorrow morning and demands a ladybug costume, I'm sending her to boarding school.
Posted by Robin at October 30, 2006 10:17 PM
Comments
That's great!!
Posted by: JO at October 30, 2006 11:45 PM
You did a bang up job! It looks great, and she is such a doll!
Posted by: Sam at October 31, 2006 01:29 AM
You did good! :)
Posted by: Exena at October 31, 2006 07:21 AM
She looks so happy! Good for you. :)
Posted by: Julie at October 31, 2006 10:57 AM
So very cute!! Love the happy smile! :)
Posted by: Debbie at October 31, 2006 11:37 AM
Nice job! She looks like she's loving it. I had to revisit the candy-corn pics from last year and that is just too adorable. hee...
Posted by: carrster at October 31, 2006 11:45 AM
She is entirely too adorable! A perfect spidery costume!
Posted by: Dixie at October 31, 2006 03:19 PM
Totally ingenious and shit. That is great!
Posted by: Lisa V at October 31, 2006 05:31 PM
too sweet for words.
Posted by: pkb at October 31, 2006 05:36 PM
