Halloween!

(For explanation of the Flat Mindy character, see the previous introductory post here, and also these fun posts here, and here. I imported them from another blog where my family was posting these, and Blogger decided to just shuffle them back into the dates when they were originally posted, instead of more recently when I imported them.)

This year Ellie went as Princess Anna from Frozen (I think that decision was made last January), so Charlie was going to be Olaf. But when I was getting Ellie's costume out of the bag, Charlie saw the blue shiny fabric on the skirt and thought it was a cape. His face lit up and he said, "A superhero? A superhero costume for Charlie?" He would have been a great Olaf, and would have been a good sport about it, but he was just so excited, I thought we better find a superhero costume for him.

Still working on getting them both smiling at the camera at the same time.

Or looking at the camera at the same time.

Or willing to be in the same camera frame.

A note about the Batman's boots, here. He insisted on them. I found some boots at D.I. for Ellie's costume and when she went to put them on, Charlie got it in his head that he needed to have boots too. So he ran and got the green froggy boots (which were actually part of his cousin's Halloween costume several years ago) and put them on. There was no convincing him that Batman doesn't wear green boots. He assured me they were quite authentic. So boots (or "booooks") it was.

Here's the back of his cape and the top of his mask (which he would wear the Saturday before Halloween). The cape is reversible Batman/Superman. I was going to made one, but then found this and thought it would be nice for Charlie to have something in the dress-up pile. We went with Batman because I found Batman pajamas that would work for the costume, and because Charlie can do a great, deep, gravelly "I'm Batman!" Of course, he wouldn't say it at all on Halloween until we were home getting him ready for bed. But I was happy to only make a mask and Ellie's cape. Good bargains and no 2 a.m. sewing sessions this year.

So it turns out neither of them had a sidekick for their costumes. Luckily, Flat Mindy was happy to oblige both of them. Plus, when Ellie and Charlie heard that Real Mindy didn't get to participate in many festivities for Halloween, they thought Flat Mindy should at least get to dress up.

Can't have Batman without Robin.

Sorry, should have used something darker than colored pencil for the costume. But Flat Mindy wore it well.

And I do think she made quite a good Olaf. Ellie was delighted.

Not bad. Let us know if you want one too, Real Mindy.

Thanks for helping us celebrate Halloween. We had lots of fun!