I WANNA ROCK!!

You may think I'm crazy, and it's probably true.  But, in my house, it's time to start thinking about Halloween.  To those of you who don't know me well, Halloween is my "Christmas".  It's the most wonderful time of the year!  I love the drama and the pageantry.  And I plan for months to make sure my costume is perfect.  Brett was sucked into my Halloween Hysteria years ago, and I knew he was a "keeper" when he went along happily with my hair-brained costume ideas and with a smile to boot.  Although, in recent years, he has "encouraged" costumes that "don't need explanation."  What?  As far as I'm concerned, if you can't look at a devil on roller skates and know she's "hell on wheels" or a lady with an oven on her midsection and know she's "a bun in the oven" you don't appreciate the joy that is the season.  (Yes, I was actually pregnant with Beringer here.  It was his first Halloween Costume!  Aaawwwww.)

So, as you can imagine, when I found out that I was due to give birth to Urban on Halloween, I had to have a long talk with my little developing fetus and explain to him that he really must come prior to the holiday because there is really only one kind of party I can be expected to attend that day – and it doesn't involve cake and balloons.

Anyway, he obliged and came into our lives on the 20th.  Good boy.  So, now, not only do I get the joy of family themed costumes, but we can use them two weeks in a row!!  In fact, every year, we have "encouraged" costumes at his parties, and people are pretty good sports about it!  Last year we had a Super Hero party because that was his passion du jour.  Brett had the brilliant idea of all of us going as the Fantastic Four!  It was perfect, especially since little Beringer was a fairly new addition to our lives.

I purchased the suits for Brett and I online, (I still can not believe I was convinced to wear spandex 6 months after giving birth... it's the delirium of Halloween.  That's all I can figure.)  And I made the boys' costumes out of polar fleece.  Urban was the Human Torch and Beringer was Thing.

The whole party was themed with "super" food and an awesome Super Heroes' Training Course in the backyard.  We even had a bunch of people who came in costume too!  Here's a group pic:



Anyway, all of this is leading to the planning for this years' extravaganza.  Today I went to a safety fair at work and got some little flashing badges for the boys to wear trick or treating.  I showed one to Urban and told him what it was for.  He said, "Oh!  Good.  Then I won't get hit by cars."

"Yes, that is the hope.  So, what do you want to be this year?"

"Twisted Sister."

"What?"

"You know, 'We're Not Gonna Take It!!'  I want to be the guy with all the makeup."

"Dee Snyder.  You want to be Dee Snyder for Halloween?"

"Yes.  And you guys can be my band."

"Um.  OK.  Sounds good.  I can make that happen."

"And I get to wear makeup and sing, right?"

"Yes.  Of course."

So, friends, this is what my Halloween will look like this year:

Scary.  Very very scary.