After it was determined about a month or two ago that Paige would be attending her cousins' Halloween party (which would include a sweep around the neighborhood to go trick-or-treating) Todd and I figured we should invest in a costume for Paige. This involved a trip to the local kids' resale shop where we selected her costume (bunny rabbit) - the main factor in our selection was that it happened to be the correct size...12 months.
Let it be said now that Paige CAN still wear 12 month items, although most of her 12 month jeans creep down on her little bottom. The 18 month clothing we have been buying her is honestly too big for her still, but not so big that she is unable to wear it. The problem generally lies with the length of her pants which is easily fixed with a quick roll of the pants. (Do you see where this is going yet?)
So anyway, we head over to the party last night figuring we would get her dressed in her costume once we were there because with the lining, fur etc. we were afraid that she would get too hot. When the time came for trick-or-treating, I started trying to stuff Paige into her costume. One leg, two legs...why on earth am I having such a hard time getting her arms in this thing??? I held her up and looked...the crotch on the suit came to roughly her knees. There was no way on earth the costume was going to fit, not even if we folded her in half...obviously not an option.
We briefly discussed the possibility of cutting the feet off, but in the end we ended up borrowing a cute little Halloween shirt from her cousin, Reese. So, Paige spent her first Halloween and trick-or-treating experience costume free. No one really seemed to mind because, well, she IS a total cutiepie, and what kind of grinch doesn't enjoy cuddly toddlers full of personality (if you say me prior to having a baby I will TOTALLY deny it)? Fortunately, much like the birthday party (which went really well, btw...guess I should post some pics, huh?) I have a few years to get this right.
First note to self...next year maybe we should try the costume on first.
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