Halloween 2013: Welcome to Lazy Town!

We have been pretty lucky to have success dressing our kids in "theme" outfits for Halloween.

Their first Halloween they spent as tiger cubs, in honor of their birth in the Year of the Tiger.

Cheering for the Giants in Game 6 of the World Series

At age 1, they were zoo animals.

Daniel Tiger

Caro-lion

Monkey Max

On Halloween night, Caroline decided to wear her butterfly outfit instead.

And then for the photo shoot, we went lions and tigers and bears

At age 2, we became the Peanuts gang.

This is a composite picture - Max isn't really that much taller than Daniel...

So there were times I was wondering if we would be able to get a theme for this year.  But it was easier than I thought, considering how much the kids LOVE Lazy Town.  Lazy Town is a town inhabited mostly by puppets, but there are three human characters - Stephanie, an active young girl with pink hair who wants to play outside and eat healthy "sports candy", Sportacus, a "better than average" hero who encourages a healthy, active lifestyle and occasionally saves the residents of Lazy Town from the local Lazy villain, Robbie Rotten.  And they sell actual pre-packaged costumes!  YAY!

Max got to be Sportacus

Daniel was Robbie Rotten

Caroline was Stephanie (that wig did not last long)

Max really enjoyed his "sleeves"

Walking down the steps with Grandma the Witch

We hit the street for some trick-or-treating with our posse - Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Boppy, and Auntie in tow...

Neighbor Randy made sure they got candy right away!

I love this picture - they are their own little Janus - two sides of the good/evil coin

The kids got really into getting dressed up and wanted to do it again and again over the weekend.  And they couldn't wait to try out each other's costumes (or the "back-up" superhero costumes I bought "just in case")

Daniel wanted to check out what it was like to be Stephanie

And here he is as Sportacus

And here he is as Spider-Man

Caroline as Sporta-Stephanie

And Captain Caroline America

Max as Iron Man (with Daniel in the background)

Caroline as a suspicious, pancake-eating Iron Man

Daniel as Spider-Man enjoying a pancake breakfast

Captain Max America eating pancakes

And, yes, all those costume changes happened within about forty-five minutes.  Mommy was a tired lady that weekend!