Happy Halloween!

When I was trying to figure out what costume to dress Lydia in for Halloween, I asked Brent. He immediately said "a monkey"! I knew that it was perfect, because I have always called her my little monkey - even when she was in my belly! I found this cute costume online at Old Navy and LOVED the banana in the pocket! When it arrived, I tried it on Lydia and she looked so funny toddling around - just like a monkey! It was hanging in her closet for weeks, and several times when I went in to get Lydia from her nap, she would point to her monkey costume and laugh. I would say "Is that your monkey costume?" and she would nod and say "yah"! So funny! She kept wanting to get it down and play with it. And she already could tell us what a monkey said, which I should have gotten on video- my new goal!

Anyway, I was afraid she would hate wearing the thing, but she totally loved it and played the part well! Of coarse, cuz she is totally a monkey! She totally loved trick-or-treating, and just wanted to hold each thing she got, instead of putting it in her bucket. Then she tried eating the candy through the wrapper. Finally she was just content to carry the bucket all by herself. When I tried to help her, she would wave my hand away - little miss independent!

So, I wanted to dress up as something that went along with her costume, and when I saw this sign I found at Macey's, I knew what I could be! It says "I have flying monkeys - don't make me use them!" Perfect, huh?