Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I have no shortage of stories from Halloweens gone by. It's never too early to begin planning a costume, especially now that we have a child! He'll be 7 months old in October, and my wife and I are starting to look for ideas. Originally she was looking at costumes available for purchase on
zulily.com, which is a website that buys items in bulk at a low price once enough people place orders with them. So you might order something today and not get it for a month because zulily waits until they can get the bulk rate that makes it worthwhile.
I don't want to use a store bought costume, but then it occurred to me. I like to have two costumes for myself each Halloween - one for work and one for parties - so why not have two costumes for our baby? That way I can come up with whatever crazy costume I want to and not ruin the holiday for everyone because we'll have a backup!
So I think we should make use of baby's baldness, since it may be a long time before he can pull it off without shaving his head or wearing a bald cap. Here are some of my ideas:
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| Captain Picard (I would be Commander Riker) |
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| Lex Luthor |
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| Telly Savalas (I had to tell my wife who he was) |
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| Colonel Klink (We'll need a monocle) |
We'll see what I can come up with. I'll probably have to make his costume myself; we don't know what size he'll be in two months and I don't know if they sell Luftwaffe uniforms in baby sizes.
