We’ve all grown up with the classic male superheroes of Batman, Superman and Spiderman.   It seems the majority of superheroes are men for some reason (maybe it’s the tights).  Anyway, women make amazing superheroes and I have to admit we look way better in our costumes!

Women superheroes have been around forever.  They just seem to fall between the cracks and not get noticed.  Well, not anymore with a sexy superhero costume from HalloweenExpress.com!  These costumes scream superhero sexy!  Tight spandex and short skirts will certainly get you noticed this Halloween!

The heck with Batman, bring on a Secret Wishes Batgirl costume and Sexy Robin.  Oh, and don’t forget Wonder Women and Super Girl; now there’s a couple of costumes you won’t soon forget! 

I think it would be so much fun to get a group of your girlfriends together and all of you go as a sexy superhero.  Everyone can be a different character but all within the same theme.  Or, go with your significant other and have them be the male counterpart of your female superhero!

Every year at Halloween kids and adults alike are trying to find out what the hottest trends are in costumes!  What is the number one costume for sexy costumes, funny costumes, couples costumes, kids, teens, adults, toddlers…even your pet has his own Top Costumes for 2009 list!

• What are the cool and popular costumes?
• What will everyone be wearing?
• What is the number one costume in every category?

Well, look no further!  HalloweenExpress.com has the answers to all these questions and more!  With a simple touch of a button you’ll have everything you need to make the right decision on that perfect Halloween costume right at your fingertips.

Here is a list of the categories you’ll find:

1. Top 10 Kids Costumes
2. Top 10 Teen Costumes
3. Top 10 Toddler Costumes
4. Top 10 Baby Costumes
5. Top 10 Sexy Costumes
6. Top 10 Funny Costumes
7. Top 10 Couples Costumes
8. Top 10 Plus Size Costumes
9. Top 10 Pet Costumes
10. Top 10 Halloween Masks

So this year surprise your friends with your outstanding “knowledge” on what’s hip and cool this year when it comes to Halloween cotumes!  They’ll be coming to you with all their “what should I be for Halloween” questions and you’ll know just what to tell them.  Don’t worry, it will be our little secret!

In the coming weeks I’ll do blogs on each indivdual category so that you’ll see just how much fun the Top 10 Lists are!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen once again held on to the top spot at the box office this past weekend but shared the title with another great movie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.  Both earned an estimated $42.5 million over the July 4th weekend!  I’m a big fan of both Transformers and Ice Age so it was a fun weekend here!   

I’ve been reading everywhere that this Transformers sequel is the “worst-reviewed movie to ever make the $400 million club.”  Well that just goes to show you what the critics like and what the mass movie-going population like are completely different.  Who cares what the critics say!  If that many people are going to see the movie then they must be really wrong on this one!  We loved it.  My son is a huge Transformer fan and has recruited his dad and I into that same category.  It really is a great movie!

However, my all time favorite movie – the one that can make you belly laugh through the whole thing – is Ice Age!  Sid the Sloth is hilarious!!  So it was no surprise to me that this new 3rd sequel Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs did well at the box office.  What’s so neat about Ice Age is that even though it’s a Disney/Pixar animated series the humor is for children and adults alike.  You never stop laughing!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming out on July 15 and is sure to be a huge hit!  People of all ages just can’t seem to get enough of old Harry!  This will be the 6th novel turned big screen hit by J.K. Rowlings.  They’re saying this might be just the movie to beat out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at the box office.  Well we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we!

Movies make such a big impact on Halloween that movie costumes are flying off the shelves.  Transformer costumes and Harry Potter costumes will be huge this Halloween.  If you plan on attending the movie premiere of Harry Potter be sure to get all your Harry Potter costume and accessory needs at HalloweenExpress.com.   Both movies make for great group costumes too!

Movies make up a large part of Halloween costumes.  There are so many great movie characters from the past and present that it’s hard to choose just one.  From adult costumes to kids costumes, HalloweenExpress.com has them all!

Superheroes are always at the top of the charts when it comes to costumes.  Batman, Spiderman and Superman are the three most popular superhero costumes.  They’re the classic tried-and-true of the crime fighting, save the world superheroes.

Of course you can’t have Halloween without Jason, Michael and Freddie!  Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare of Elm Street are old school Halloween and everyone loves them! 

Star Wars, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean are just a few movies that have stood the test of time when it comes to great Halloween costumes. 

This year with big blockbuster hits like Transformers, Wolverine and Star Trek making appearances on the big screen there’s no doubt that the Halloween movie costumes of 2009 will be spectacular!

What little boy doesn’t like superheroes that live in the sewers, play with swords and loves pizza?  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are the perfect “radical” crime fighters!  And this year they’re celebrating their 25th anniversary!

If you’re trying to think of a way to keep your son (or sons) and their friends busy this summer, look no further.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes are the way to go!  Your kids will have hours of fun running around the neighborhood disguised as ninja turtles battling evil criminals.  Since there are four Ninja Turtles – Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo, there are plenty of costumes to go around.   

HalloweenExpress.com has everything you need from costumes to accessories!  Don’t forget, those accessories are important.  How can Raphael fight Shredder without his trusted pair of sai?   

Give your kids a fun summer by letting their imaginations run wild!  Crime fighting Ninja Turtles – you can’t get more imaginative than that!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is coming soon to a theater near you!  Actually its release date is Wednesday, June 24th and my son Caden couldn’t be happier.  We took him to see the orginal Transformers movie back in 2007 and he loved it.  I was actually thinking about not going with him and my husband because I thought it was going to be a “kids” movie and I wasn’t a big transformer toy fan.  Wow, I couldn’t have been more wrong!  It was awesome!

Even though the transformers are actually “autobots” and are there to save the humans on earth, each autobot has a personality and before you know it you’re cheering them on; Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are so cute!

Now with the sequel coming out next week, Transformer costumes will be flying off the shelves!  Kids all over the world are going to want to put on an Optimus Prime costume or Bumblebee Costume and save the Earth from Megatron.  It will be a great summer costume as well giving your kids hours of fun saving the world!

Well, it’s finally here – Memorial Day week-end, the un-official start of summer.  The official first day of summer is June 21st and is called the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.  I would definitely much rather have the longest day of the year during the summer months than the winter.  Those months seem long enough as it is!

Memorial Day weekend brings with it picnics, parades, festivals and something the kids all love – a day off school!  Sales are bigger than ever this weekend with everything from cars to clothing being reduced in price.  Great time to get out there and get those bathing suits and flip flops.

The weather is finally becoming hot here in Kentucky.  We’ve had enough rain the past month to float a battleship, but finally a few days of sun, sun and more sun.  It’s going to be a beautiful Memorial Day weekend.

Don’t forget with summer comes school closings and the kids will be looking to you for ways to keep them busy during the day.  Kids costumes are a great way to bring out their creative sides and put those imaginations to work.  Disney costumes are really popular and so are superhero costumes!  Create a fun and learning environment for your kids this summer simply by letting them open up their imaginations!

Today May 1, is the official release of the movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”  It’s actually a prequel to the X-Men blockbuster franchise, going back to the beginning and showing how the mutant character Wolverine came to be.  By the way Hugh Jackman who plays Wolverine just got People’s Magazine “Sexiest Man Alive” title!  So for all you ladies out there, it’s an added bonus when going to see the movie!  He’s got my vote!

My son, Caden has been bugging my husband all week to take him to see it this weekend.  So sure enough, tonight he’s taking Caden and a few of his friends to see the movie.  It’s already received great reviews so I’m betting the movie theater is going to be pretty packed tonight!  I think I’ll wait and see it next week.  I’m sure Caden will want to go again anyway!

You can bet the Wolverine costume will be a huge hit this Halloween season!  I can see it now, kids running around with the Wolverine signature 3 blades on each hand trying to trick or treat and not hurt someone in the process!  You can bet there will be plenty of adult Wolverine’s out there too this Halloween. 

Remember when you were little and loved playing dress up?  My sisters and Iwould dress up in our frilly princess costumes and play for hours.  And it wasn’t just us girls, my brothers loved being superheroes, cowboys and Indians and just about any type of costume where they had masks and weapons!

Summer is a great time for kids to play make-believe.  School is out and they have all the time in the world.  Gosh, as adults wouldn’t it be nice to have that type of schedule – having the whole summer off?  Give your children a chance to show their creative side for a change.  Kids costumes are a great way for children to do this. 

Costumes aren’t just for Halloween so let your children pick out some for this summer.  Throw a costume party just for the heck of it and invite all their friends to come dressed in their favorite costume!  

Some great fun costumes for boys are:

• superhero costume
• monster costume
• cowboy costume
• military costume

Some great costume ideas for girls are:

• princess costume
• cheerleader costume
• witch costume
• diva costume

Let your children’s imaginations fly this summer with a costume from HalloweenExpress.com!

You can never go wrong with a Disney costume for your kids!  The way to a child’s heart is simple – buy them a Disney costume and instantly you’re the best mom in the whole world!

What’s so great about Disney costumes, is that the kids can relate to the characters because they’ve watched them either on television or on the big screen for years.  Every child has seen The Lion King and Toy Story over the years and even now at Halloween you always see a Buzz Lightyear costume, a Woody costume and the gentle lion Simba.  What about Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King or the Power Rangers?  Disney has it all and the kids love them!

Costumes aren’t just for Halloween!  Kids love to play dress-up and Disney knows this.  That’s why you’ll see little girls at the grocery store, in the movie theater and on the playground wearing their princess costumes.  I love to see my daughters running around in their costumes playing make-believe.  They grow up way too fast the way it is!  Before you know it, make-believe and dress-up are a thing of the past.  So enjoy it with your children now!

HalloweenExpress.com has the best selection of Disney costumes online!  With a Disney costume your little girl can become a beautiful princess and your son can become Jack Sparrow, Captain of the Seas. 

Go ahead, let your kids be just that…kids!