Halloween revisited

OK, so the whole idea of dressing my kids up as shrubbery to complete the "Knights that say NI!" ensemble proved to be fatally problematic. There are no such places which manufacture anything even REMOTELY resembling bush, brush, or even Elderberry tree costumes. Apart from gluing branches of real shrubs onto my kids, there was no way to make this rather elaborate but self-declared brilliant concept work.

Sigh. Onto Plan B we go.

JoyBoy's costume has been purchased this week (with due kudos to Ebay). Appearing on Halloween night at Casa Lachen will be my very own, adorably chubby 19-month old CATERPILLAR:

In a fantastic stroke of luck, LaLa declared this morning that she wants to dress as a butterfly since JoyBoy is a caterpillar! Without even so much as a peep from me. That's my girl. So, we are now endeavoring to find a butterfly costume which is warm enough to wear outside while Trick-Or-Treating in our typically very damp and chilly coastal evening weather. Not an easy feat ~ have you ever seen any arctic butterflies? I thought not. It's a challenge. But one I am thrilled to embark on because this creates a much coveted THEME: caterpillar to butterfly. Perfect!

Or so I thought.

LaLa today announced that our theme was not complete. A caterpillar cannot change into a butterfly without first making a cocoon, Mom. Everyone knows that. We NEED a cocoon. Guess who was appointed to don an attractive COCOON costume? Um, no. There is no way I am walking the streets dressed as a giant bug incubator. I cannot imagine where one would even begin to find or make a giant cocoon suit. And I thought finding shrubbery costumes was difficult.

Trying to figure out how to get out of this one...