‘Tis the season when parenting blogs across the internet highlight the intricate DIY costumes that their families wore for Halloween. Like mom-sewn versions of Princess Kate Middleton’s dresses or Elmo costumes made from Elmo’s actual fur. We made sure that everyone dressed up this year ’cause I was not about to miss out on the $2 burritos that Chipotle was offering to customers in costume.
The Cool Bros’ costumes were courtesy of Cool Mum’s mum, which is why they’re so darn cute. Cool Mum and I put together our costumes a few minutes before hopping in the car.
COOL BOY: Wilson from Chuggington
Wilson is a train from the show Chuggington, which is Disney’s CGI answer to Thomas the Tank Engine. I’ve never seen the show, so I always think that Wilson’s name is Chuggington. That drives CB crazy. The hat features Wilson’s air horn, which thankfully is inoperable.
COOL NEWBIE: Superman
Newbie was shrouded in shadow in the pic, so here’s a better look:
That was from Malloween at Florida Mall. Again, a better blog than ours would have Elmo’s actual head for their candy bucket; Newbie’s was a mere plastic replica.
COOL DAD: “Lifeguard”
The most we can ask is to do the best with what we have. Well, the striped Old Navy swimming shorts were the most outlandish thing I packed on my trip to Florida. I combined them with a tie-dye shirt found in a closet, flip-flops, sunglasses, and lotion smeared on my nose. To really sell the look, I put on some of the Cool Bros’ arm floaties. This doesn’t make any sense as a lifeguard would (hopefully) have no need for toddler arm floaties, but I just wanted to communicate that this was a costume, and I just wasn’t a typical beach bum. Hasselhoff, eat your heart out.
COOL MUM: “Beatnik”
I was ready for the Chipotle people to make us pay full price for this one. CM took a normal black outfit with knit cap and added one key element: a palette of watercolors, which transformed her from a devoted stay-at-home homeschooling mom to a snooty beatnik. (The watercolors came with our homeschool curriculum.)
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As a Halloween happy ending, we were all approved for $2 burritos. Thanks, Chipotle!
Haha, this is great. My son had the same plastic Elmo head (not the real one–bad mom over here). Our signature for Halloween is putting all of our costumes together the day of. We like to wing it over here. My son was an 80s rocker since he has a mullet–we had to take advantage.
Glad to have you as part of NYABB this month! Thank you!
Amy
I’m relieved to hear that we’re not alone.
And you have to milk the mullet for all it’s worth!
Thanks for having us!