I'm sitting out on our deck tonight enjoying the zen of the chirping crickets and that lovely chemical-y smell coming from the anti-bug candle. Weird, isn't it, how right after Labor Day, the weather suddenly feels fall crisp, it suddenly gets darker earlier, everyone suddenly kicks into high gear. My email in-box just might explode.
The kids have already got Halloween on the brain. Sabrina wants to be an iCarly something or other. Max said, cryptically, he wants to be an "arrrrr wahhh" (car wash), and because that is pretty much all he can say on the topic, I am left to my own devices.
In other breaking news, Max keeps pointing out things that look like chocolate ice-cream—his new brown shoes, the oversized teddy bear in his room. Yes, you read it here first, brown may be his new favorite color. So I do not have to worry about whipping up anything purple. Still, I am gun-shy about going all-out for Halloween.
Some of you might recall last year's Bed, Bath & Beyond episode, in which I found the most glorious big purple bag at the store and decided to craft some sort of costume out of it. Suggestions came pouring in—eggplant, Crayola crayon, grapevine, Flying Purple People Eater, gigantic raisin. I ended up making a purple car, and got Sabrina an overpriced Ariel outfit.
The kids refused to wear them trick-or-treating, and basically went as themselves.
Being the eternal optimist that I am, I'm game to make Max a car wash costume. I just Googled "car wash" images for inspiration, and a whole lot of them involve wet, half-naked babes sponging down cars. Somehow, I do not think it would be appropriate to hire a wet, half-naked babe to escort Max around for trick-or-treating, so that's out, although I wouldn't mind seeing the looks on the neighbors' faces.
The kids refused to wear them trick-or-treating, and basically went as themselves.
Being the eternal optimist that I am, I'm game to make Max a car wash costume. I just Googled "car wash" images for inspiration, and a whole lot of them involve wet, half-naked babes sponging down cars. Somehow, I do not think it would be appropriate to hire a wet, half-naked babe to escort Max around for trick-or-treating, so that's out, although I wouldn't mind seeing the looks on the neighbors' faces.
So, what the heck should I do for a car wash costume?
