Halloween in May

Somehow the subject of Halloween came up today and Ali quickly remembered her kitty cat costume from last October. She begged and begged for me to get it out of the attic, which she has done many times before. I've been able to resist until today. I think her powers of cuteness are multiplying. I'd move heaven and Earth for my girls, plus the thought of seeing her in the costume again was a bit appealing. So into the attic I go, crawling under beams, breaking a sweat... all to please Ali. And once she was dressed in her kitty duds, I knew it was all worth it. Complete with eye liner kitty nose and whiskers, she was ready to pretend that I was momma cat and she was my kitten. Too cute.

But what really got me was Brooke! My creative little genius. She caught me ooing and ahhing over Ali and quickly wanted in on the praise. She disappeared to her room to create her own kitty costume. She found a brown skirt and brown leggings, and a black t-shirt with leopard spot sleeves. She used one of my belts as a tail and drew her own cat ears and taped them to her headband. I was so impressed with her ingenuity!