Why did I do it?!

So I had this great idea of taking my three beautiful children shopping for Halloween costumers tonight by myself. I have no idea what made me think this would be a great idea since we couldn't even make it through dinner without crying tonight - I mean, the kids were crying. Marc and I just felt like crying.

Anyway, Megan and Kellan argued during th entire drive to Shopko - it seemed like hours, but it was really only 15 or 20 minutes. Once inside the store, the boys suddenly behaved as if they had never left the confines of our house - Jacksen became Houdini and climbed out of the shopping cart while snuggly buckled in and Kellan was running up and down the aisles at what seemed like 100 mph. We finally located the Halloween costumes after almost tipping over a Christmas tree (no kidding, in the middle of October!) when I saw a sign advertising all Halloween costumes were 50% off. I was feeling like the smartest chick in the world for stumbling upon such a great sale totally by accident. But then I looked at the price tags on the costumes. Who in the world would pay $99 for an infant teddy bear costume?! After much debate...and several idle threats of no bedtime snack if the boys did not put the Halloween masks back where they found them...we finally settled on a princess costume for Megan - a bargain at $12.50 - and a wolverine costume for Kellan (only $17).

Next year I think we'll manufacture out own costumes our of tin foil and duct tape. And, by the way, how are old are most kids when they outgrow the dressing up for Halloween thing?