Costume Drama

Halloween is nearly upon us and our family has already been to several Halloween parties, however this doesn't mean all has been pleasant in the costume department- there has been drama! Jocelyn knew she wanted to be Jasmine for Halloween...long story short she wanted to be Jasmine last year and I boldly told her "NO" then followed with something like "maybe next year" (yes, it was a put-off because I didn't want to buy a ridiculous Disney Costume that every other 3-6 year old girl would be wearing)! Well, I should have known better- Jocelyn forgets nothing (except how to clean her room)! She politely reminded me several weeks ago when I asked what she wanted to be for Halloween "you already told me I could be Jasmine this year...remember mom?" After trying to convince her of something more traditional and less trendy she won the battle. What could I do I had already told her "next year!" So the search was on to find the most unique Jasmine costume. I searched most of the costumes stores in town, searched Craigslist, online shops and finally resorted to Ebay and I found several genie costumes I liked. It took some convincing to get Jocelyn to agree on a little different Jasmine costume, different than the Disney ones she'd seen in the store. We finally found a cute purple and blue one that was a great price, bought it, it came and it fits great. Next was the search for Beckton's costume. He wanted to be "a new puppy" , I guess because he's been listening to Jocelyn talk about all of her friends getting new puppies at their houses, Beckton thought this would be a great opportunity to get Jocelyn's attention? I really have no idea, but he as adamant about being a new puppy! Of course he didn't like any of the puppy costumes we found so we opted to go for a family themed Halloween...Aladdin. Jocelyn as Jasmine, Beckton as Raja the tiger and Daddy will be the big blue genie (Mommy is simply the photographer)! Would you believe how difficult it is to find a Tiger costume for a little boy. The only ones I could find were Tiger (from Winnie the Pooh). I could find tiger's everywhere in Adult sizes but not children's. Finally found two stores that had a tiger costume but the first was a 5T and drowned Beckton the second was a "coming soon" item! We finally found this neat costume store with a $5 kids trunk and Beckton fell in love with a frog costume. So Beckton is a frog, was I frustrated? Yes and no! After Jocelyn's insistence on being Jasmine she hasn't worn the Jasmine costume to any of the Party's we've been to and kindly informed me that she would only be wearing "that costume" on Halloween day. So Jocelyn has been a cheerleader and a pirate (very adorable pirate too) but no Jasmine yet. I think the costume dilemma has worked itself out okay...plus Morgan had no desire to wear a blue muscleman suit and parade around as a Genie! But next year someone please remind me that we have plenty of dress-up outfits that haven't been worn for Halloween, it'll save me the drama!