Scary costumes

Trying to find something to do for Stinkerbelle's third birthday party next month and was hoping for inexpensive and AWAY from home. No such luck. Finally decided to have it at the house (which means cleaning before and after, which sucks) but it will be cheap and the kids will have fun.

We're going to make it a costume party (since Halloween is around the corner). I'll just put up the Halloween decorations that I have, so that is one challenge down. Poor child always has a Halloween themed birthday party. She will hate that when she's older, I fear. Such is life.

She already has a Minnie Mouse costume I bought several years ago at a thrift store when she was a baby. I had planned on selling it on ebay, but it was too cute and like new, so I saved it in case she'd like it. She LOVES Mickey and Minnie, so it will be perfect.

So, now I have to find costumes for the boys. Pickle wants to me Mega Man, but I can't find any costumes big enough for him, so he is out of luck on that. On a similar note, one of my coworkers said her 9-year-old daughter wanted to be a goth vampire for Halloween. But, listen to this costume description: Includes lace tube top, velvet hot pants, vinyl and lace overdress with ties and lace glovettes. Child size, (7 - 9). Uh, no. ANything that says "tube top and hot pants" is not going on a daughter of mine if I'm big enough to keep her from putting it on! Good grief.