August 14, 2011

• because I rock that’s why

  This past week the Monsters were at the Talisman Centre for a week of sports orientated day camps.  They loved it!  I think the day they loved most was the last day of the week and they got to dress as super heros.  Well Healthy Weighty Wee Man already had a Superman costume from last Halloween, so that was dug out and dusted off.  Wee Blonde Child wanted to be a Musketeer from Barbie and the Three Musketeers, and thankfully we had a Barbie dress up costume from a few Halloweens ago and that just needed a few bits added to it to complete a Musketeer look, like a pink feather boa covered cowboy hat and a purple dollar store samurai sword.  Now Oldest Large Child.  Not to be out done, OLC wanted to dress up as Wonder Woman.  Did I mention that OLC is still 9 years old?  Yes on the cusp of young womanhood, but she’s NOT THERE YET!

  Now if you Google Wonder Woman, you’ll see that the costume is not so …. young-girl-only-nine-years-old-mother-is-never-going-to-allow-THAT-to-be-worn friendly.  Here go look!  Now see?!?! AND I also have to work with what I have on hand …. I had found some knee high purple boots from Value Village, so those would have to do for the boots … but the rest??  Well.  Further searching discovered that there is now a NEW Wonder Woman you can go see that here.  And this NEW Wonder Woman has a costume that is far easier to morph in to an acceptable nine year old girl costume.  However, once again, having to work with what was available … we used a purple tank top instead of red, one because it matched the boots, and two because there was no red to be found.  Add to that some artistic creativity in the form of some yellow fabric made in to an iron on eagle in flight to go on the front of the tank top, a fabric covered head piece, yellow fabric stars that were meticulously cut out and ironed on the sides of a new pair of jeans bought for hte occasion, but could be converted BACK for regular wear AND some aluminium foil covered Starbucks hot sleeves as wrist bands …. and I rock that I figured all it all out.  OLC absolutely LOVED it!  On the way in to camp there was many compliments on all three costumes and once at Camp there was lots of kudos for all three Monsters to have dressed up so well. Yep that was one proud parent moment.  Even if I have to say I impressed myself once again with my creativeness!

  Yep I rock!

   

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