Thursday, October 29, 2009

I kinda knew, but they yet again confirmed...

My kids are awesome people. They are smart, funny, and beyond sweet to their 3-year old cousin. The way they treat him makes me feel like I did a decent job as a parent, something I question quite often, because I know that Mr. P and I butchered a LOT of things.

Eli (Penny's son) wanted to be Blue for Halloween (from Blue's Clues), so we jumped on board and will have Blue, Magenta, Steve, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika and Mailbox. We MADE all the costumes. MADE them. Just wait until you see the pictures...we are going to be awesome.

Anyway, College Kid, Penny and my mom came over for a bit this afternoon and we finished up the "shakers", and then I logged into Facebook for some quick farming, and I came across this video:



This is my 18 year old, college freshman, making his Mailbox costume so that he could participate in family trick or treating this evening. In public. Downtown. College Kid will be there too in all her Paprika splendor.

I wouldn't have done this for my cousins. I barely would have done it for my kids. But here are my kids freely and happily doing it for their cousin.

Yup, Mr. P and I did something right, even if it were purely genetic and/or accidental!

Happy Halloween!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

bravo! he did an awesome job.

Amy said...

Too Cool. Can't wait to see all the pictures!

Shelley said...

Isn't is great when you realize how awesome your kids are? How fun - I can't wait for the group pics!

creative kerfuffle said...

as i said elsewhere--this rocks. i cannot wait to see pics of all of you dressed up. and yeah for you and mr. p on your great parent skillz : ) you obviously did something right. you have awesome, awesome kids.

Jen L. said...

Aw, how cool! Can't wait to see pics of the whole gang.
Good job, HP.

DAVs said...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww!

Fatinah said...

what a good boy you have!

Penny said...

They are very sweet kids, and I really LOVED that video.

Teddy and I took a walk this morning and we discussed possible next year costumes...we came up with Charlie Brown (still) or maybe Dr. Seuss charecters...

Alice said...

so sweet!!! i seriously can't wait for the pics.. :-)

 
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