The Duffy kids are welcome to come over and kill our car. We were just getting ready to celebrate the fact that the GMC is a month away from being paid off when we had to spend $200 getting the steering column replaced. Bummer.
Today was the first of three fall events involving costumes. Luke looks adorably fierce in his Ninja suit, but we don't have any kids who are open to suggestions on costumes. Joe's idea was the easiest and most successful: The Invisible Man. Trench coat, gloves, Grandpa's old fedora and an ace bandage around the face. Cool and kind of scary. Ben wanted to be Indiana Jones, but he threw a fit because I trashed the one revolver we had last summer after Bosco chewed it up. None of the other 10 toy guns in the house would work. And having a whip and a knife AND a messenger bag and the perfect hat were not enough. So he pouted and didn't get candy at the party. James reused his Sugar box costume, but he wants to be the Sandeman man (looks like Zorro) for trick or treating. He's waiting for me to buy him a plastic wine glass. Annie was going to be Annie Oakley and wear the cowgirl outfit Mom picked up at Goodwill, but she got shy and took it off before anyone saw her. So much for getting dressed. John's outfit would've been easy: Seabee. Old shirt of Dad's, old hat, camo pants. Only the too large shirt bothered him so he whined to have it tucked in perfectly everytime. Claire, too, had opinions. She wanted to be a tramp, not a fairy princess. Every piece of costume jewelry, purse, boa, high heels, make -up. . . she wanted it all. The fact that her dress was too big and her boobies showed just completed the look. No photos; by the time the kids were ready, we were already late. I'm ready to quit Halloween, even if I don't have moral objections and want all the chocolate candy for myself.
In other news, we watched an interesting movie last night: "True Confessions." I think I thought I was getting "I Confess." This one had Robert Duvall as a homicide detective and someone else as his brother the monsignor. A gruesome crime is at the center of the plot, but the theme is the conflict between doing the right thing, ambition, and maintaining relationships. Compelling.
4 comments:
as a kid i loved halloween, except for the traditional chilli dinner before loads of chocolate. this year marks our 3rd celebration of "dia de muertos" in mexico. no candy, no costumes. we go to the cemetary, we buy loads of flowers to disperse on gravesites. we listen to mariachi bands play music to dead loved ones and watch as families set up the offerings for their family that has passed on; water, tequila, salt, flowers, food, personal affects. i love it. my kids don´t really remember trick or treating and i don´t have to throw away a basket of candy in march, nice. though personally, i miss eating all the chocolate! have an all souls day party and honor your ancestors this year.
p.s. sebastian is going as indiana jones, sans pistol also, the power of marketing!
Eliz, I too like the idea of the All Souls party rather than Halloween. I'm just so jealous that the whole culture down there celebrates it, so the kids don't feel left out of something.
I happen to be the most pathetic Halloween parent ever. The kids wear whatever they put together in the five minutes before we decide if and where we are going trick or treating. And since we get no trick or treaters here, I'm half tempted not to remind them when the 31st is. They wouldn't guess.
The only one of the kids who has a pre-planned costume is Daniel who is going as a towel this year. Why? Because he ripped a hole in one of my good towels big enough to put his head through and wear. Fair enough--he shall be a towel this year--and he's pretty well reconciled to it.
Elizabeth, I love the Day of Dead description, esp. tequila! It brings back memories of our brief station in California, where we were near a Hispanic neighborhood that pulled out all the stops with carnations, marigolds, skull candy, gaudy altars outside the house, etc. I have a good recipe for pan de muerta somewhere that I'll have to pull out again this year, if I can remember to pick up some orange flower water...
BD, love the towel costume. Why don't you tie a bar of soap on his head so he can be a bath?
Janie is probably easy to please: she and Claire seem to have similar tastes in fashion. Claire even came in to Daddy today to show him her pretty tights and high heels and pointed her toes just the right way to accentuate her calves. She must have received the genes you have (Thanks, Mimi)!
BD, why not do both Halloween and DDLM? The latter would put Halloween in some context, and includes better foods.
E, your kids sound hilarious - at least they're into their costumes without any effort on your part! Do we need to get Return to Modesty for Claire's cousin/Christmas gift?
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