Halloween

Two weeks ago, Amy wanted to be a blue kitty for Halloween.  Are you sure, we asked, you definitely want to be a blue kitty? Yes, absolutely. So we made a blue kitty costume. One week ago, she tells all her friends she will be an anglerfish with a real working light-up lure. And she will be orange. 

Sigh. 

I'm not really a pushover and I don't usually cater to whims, but an angerfish is much much cooler than a blue kitty, and frankly, I'm thrilled to have made it one more year without dressing her as a pretty pretty princess or a damsel in distress. So, angler fish is was. 

She digs it. 

The hat is from a baby costume, probably a pumpkin or a carrot or something, that we sewed dangly bits to and a ping pong ball cut in half and colored to look like googly eyes. And we added teeth and most importantly, a lure. The lure is a coat hanger (thanks Pop Pop!) with a little light-up jewel attached to the end.

Swiiiiiiiim into my moutttttthhhh

The body is a grown-up sized T-shirt sewn like a onesie with added scales and fins made out of the scraps from her blue kitty suit. 

Daddy the demented teddy bear (Dad, you look.....AWESOME!!!) takes her down the street. She can hardly contain herself.

First stop, Elliot's house. Candy! Score!

Then, around the block, trying to keep up with the big kids.

She always remembered to say Trick or Treat! and almost always remembered to say it after the person had opened the door. 

She sometimes said thank you, but mostly screamed "Fishy Light!!!" which obviously means, "Thanks for acknowledging that I'm super cool and rewarding me with candy!!!!"