As usual, I was overly excited for Halloween. I didn't have any costume inspirations for Jett and was getting a little worried, unlike last year where he was the cutest Charlie Brown. Side note: This year would've been a good year for that costume since The Peanuts Movie would've helped people recognize what his costume was, not mention you can easily finally find a stuffed Snoopy in stores now! That was a fiasco. Anyway, I settled on the idea of a mummy since I figured that would be easy to throw together and wouldn't be a common costume. Uhh, I was wrong!...about the easy part. There was a LOT more work involved than I had anticipated and pretty much made the costume 3 times in a few days. By hand. Like hand-sewn via needle and thread ridiculousness. I originally had leggings for the bottom clothing but after discovering material sewed on to leggings doesn't make them stretch anymore (read as "not allowing my child to even get into his costume") meant I had to bag that idea and start all over on the pants by covering up a pair of Jett's gray sweatpants. And the sewing! Oh the sewing! It seemed endless and became a lot more extensive than my plan of just tacking down a few places here and there. Let's just say I'm glad it turned out so cute in the end! That made my 2 A.M. stay-ups watching horror flicks well worth it. At the end of Halloween night when Jett had enough trick-or-treating, we ended up cutting Jett out of his costume rather than fight to preserve it while forcing it off. I don't think either of us minded. So long mummy!
