Time to get Spooky

I got a pretty good coupon from the company that we've bought the kids' Halloween costumes from the past few years, and it expires soon. So even though Halloween is a long ways a way (relatively speaking), we've ordered the costumes.

The kids are already starting to hound me about "when will they be here?!" Even though I have a STRICT policy that other than trying the costumes on for size (and to see what needs to be altered by me), they don't get to wear them for play until AFTER Halloween. I guess it's just exciting to have them here. I actually can remember that kind of excitement about my costumes as a child.

And I have discovered a down side to having a son before having daughters. Especially a son who is as revered by his sisters as Ryan is. I was excited by all the new fairy and princess and fairy princess costumes in the catalog this year, couldn't wait to see which ones they'd choose. But Ryan is going as a Clone Trooper from Star Wars:

















So the girls want to be Princess Leia. Both of them. Think they'll get it if I call them "Princess LeiA" and "Princess LeiB"? I think it's kind of funny...