Eli asked what Noah was going to be for Halloween and the answer is: I have no idea. He has no idea either. Last year he went as a spider, went to three houses, came home to change into his batman costume and finished out his trick-or-treat.

We went looking at costumes a couple of weeks ago. It was a bit of a disaster. There wasn’t anything that really looked good to him and then he saw a $17.99 Pikachu costume and said, “I’ll take that one.” Well, listen, there was no way in hell I was going to spend nearly $20 for a costume that he may end up wearing for 20 minutes if that. So I took him out of the Halloween area (we were at Target) and we sat down to talk about it.

Me: Listen, I want you to close your eyes and think about trick-or-treating. What costumes does it sound like will feel good to you? It doesn’t have to be something we’ve seen here, just let your imagination run away with you.

Noah: I just don’t know. I just don’t know.

Me: Well, let’s think about all the costumes you have at home. [He has, at last count, a zillion and two.] Maybe you can make something out of one of those.

(So we start listing the costumes and Noah begins perking up.)

Noah: I’ll be a vampire. I have those teeth and I have my batman cape.

So we left Target with a Halloween t-shirt and some nifty Halloween socks. (As an aside, why are there not cool decorated socks in the boys’ section? We found some great ones marked “girls” and he’s too young to care but it pissed me off. Boys like fun sock, too. On the same subject, don’t you hate that kids’ underwear aren’t equal opportunity? Like if a girl likes Power Rangers or a boy likes, I don’t know, Cinderella.)

Since that day, he has also thought about being a bat and batman (he was batman at his Halloween party) and there’s a marginal chance he’ll wear the Scooby Doo costume his grandmother got him two years ago but just now fits. I’m rooting for Scooby because it’s going to be really cold out and the costume is one of those plush ones with a hood.

He didn’t get that excited about dressing up this year; I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because he dresses up all of the time anyway.

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