The Perfect Christmas Present – A Costume!

Speaking from experience I know costumes can keep children busy for hours.  Mine are still wearing their Halloween costumes around the house!  As you know my son Caden was Indiana Jones for Halloween and since he’s addicted to the movie he has no problem throwing on his costume and playing for hours in his make shift adventure tent he made in our backyard with his friends.   My oldest daughter Sydney was Hannah Montana and of course like every other little girl in the world, she loves dressing up and playing the part.

For Christmas every year I buy my young neices and nephews a costume that I know they’ll love.  My neices are perfectly happy with any type of princess costumes and my nephews are into the superhero costumes.  Since HalloweenExpress has so many princess and superhero costumes to pick from at great prices it’s easy to find the perfect costume for each of them. 

Move Over Halloween – More Holidays Coming Thru!

Whew, did you make it through the Halloween season in one piece?  I’m telling you, it seems like when I first started my blogs over the summer Halloween was still so far away, but then before you know it I’m blogging in September then October and in the blink of an eye it’s November 1st and Halloween is over!  I’ve enjoyed every minute of writing my Halloween blogs, however I’m not done yet.  We still have many costumes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day, etc….  At HalloweenExpress.com you’ll find that costumes are not just for Halloween, but for many occassions during the year!

Did everyone have fun trick-or-treating?  I know my kids did and we actually made it through the weekend without my son Caden taking his machete from his Indiana Jones costume and hacking away at Syndey’s Hannah Montana glitter microphone!  My weekend consisted of three kids on sugar high’s one minute and food coma’s the next.   They all three looked great in their costumes and they were a big hit in the neighborhood.  By letting them pick out a costume they really like I’m guaranteed that they will wear that costume over and over again for the next year just to play in.  However, I’m not sure my dogs appreciate that because as you know, my youngest daughter Olivia decided to be a kitty cat for Halloween and since the dogs have never before seen a cat that can stand on its two back legs while chasing them around the house, I’m pretty sure they don’t care for it!

Now that Halloween is officially over the next holiday to celebrate is Thanksgiving.  I love Thanksgiving with all the wonderful food, getting together with your family and football.  It’s known at our house as the “3F Holiday” – Food, Family, Football (and not necessarily in that order)!   I hope you’ll check out my upcoming blogs about the holidays; the traditions, foods, games and of course all our holiday costumes!

     

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween 2008! 

The spooky decorations are out, jack-o-lanterns are lit, costumes are bought and the candy is ready!  If your children are like mine, they couldn’t get out of bed fast enough this morning for school.  They’re having their class Halloween parties today giving them a little taste of the fun to be had tonight. 

In our neighborhood trick-or-treating is from 6:00 – 8:00pm so by the time they get home from school and eat dinner it will be time to put on their costumes.  I’m so glad Halloween is on a Friday this year.  That way the kids can stay up a little later giving them time to come down from their sugar high. 

I hope some of my ideas on costumes, decorating and party’s came in handy this year!  I love being able to show you everything that HalloweenExpress.com has to offer.  Believe me you can’t beat their selection of costumes anywhere!  Don’t forget even though Halloween will be over tomorrow, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are still to come and we have some amazing costumes for all of them!  I’m sure there are a few people out there looking for that perfect Pilgram or Indian costume or maybe even a Christmas themed costume.  Look no further! HalloweenExpress.com has all your holiday costume needs!

Don’t forget all the Halloween safety tips I talked about in my blog Monday. I want everyone to have a great time trick-or-treating but be safe too! Happy Halloween everyone!

    

It’s Halloween Madness – Welcome to My World!

Yea, one more day until Halloween!  The yard is decorated, the pumpkins are carved and the costumes are ready.  This year was a little bit more trying when getting my children to decide on what they wanted to be.  Not so much for my son but what is it about girls that they have such a hard time deciding what costume they want.  Finally after weeks of looking on HalloweenExpress.com we have our winners! 

What do you get when you mix Indiana Jones, Hannah Montana and a kitty cat?  Well you get Indiana Jones trying to hack up Hannah Montana’s glitter microphone with his machete and a little girl in a cat suit chasing the dogs all over the house.  Welcome to my world!

For my 10 year old son Caden, he knew the minute the movie was released this summer that he was going to be Indiana Jones for Halloween.  He’s already seen the movie three times and can’t wait for it to come out on DVD (which will make it a perfect stocking stuffer at Christmas).  It was easy to find the Indiana Jones costume he wanted at HalloweenExpress.com.  Of course we had to get the complete package including the over-the-shoulder satchel bag, the leather whip and by all means he just couldn’t be seen as Indiana Jones without the machete!  Although I probably should have thought twice about the whip and machete, the costume fits him perfectly and he looks like a mini-me version of Harrison Ford’s character Dr. Henry Walton (aka Indiana Jones).

Now on to my 7 year old daughter, Sydney.  She had a little tougher time deciding, but after much consideration (and driving her mother crazy), she decided she wanted to be Hannah Montana.  Since she has brown hair we got her the blond wig so that she could be in complete character in her Hannah Montanna costume.  Add the glitter microphone and she’s set.  However, my son did say that if he has to listen to one more Hannah Montana song he was going to use his machete on her microphone.  I wouldn’t be surprised if Sydney’s costume goes missing after Halloween (don’t you just love little boys?)!

 

And last but certainly not least is my 5 year old kindergardener Olivia.  She absolutely loves animals and although we have three dogs she has always wanted a cat.  But with two Great Danes and a wild Chocolate Labrador puppy, a kitten would not be an ideal thing to add to our household at this time.  So she decided if she couldn’t have a kitty cat then she would just be one for Halloween.  I love that simple way of thinking that children have (little does she know that she will be the only kitty cat in this house for a long time to come)!  However, I do have to say she makes the sweetest kitty I’ve ever seen. 

You can find these and so many more great kids Halloween costumes here at HalloweenExpress.com.  Happy shopping and Happy Halloween!

Is Your Baby a Tom Arma Baby?

Monday, November 3rd is the deadline to send in your entry for the 2008 Tom Arma Baby & Toddler of the Year Photo Contest.  All entries must be postmarked by that date.  So if you haven’t taken a picture of your cute little boy or girl in an “animal themed costume” you better start clicking away now and get that picture in the mail. 

Tom Arma is known as ”the Armani of the kiddy costume world”.  He is also “the most published baby photographer in the world” according to The New York Times.  He now has 47 books published and his costumes have been featured on Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, CNN Headline News, The Today Show, MSN and ABC news.  Wow, how many other kiddy costumes can you say that about?

But the best part is that ONLY at HalloweenExpress.com is the entire line of Tom Arma Costumes exclusively available for you.  Furthermore, the Tom Arma “Signature Collection” of costumes cannot be purchased anywhere else!  Pretty cool, huh?  One look at your child in a Tom Arma costume and you’ll see why we’re so excited to have his entire line here.  They are simply adorable!   

There are two grand prize winners in the photo contest that win $500 each plus other great prizes!  Check out the “rules and regulations” to get all the information you’ll need to enter the contest.  But remember your entry must be postmarked no later than Monday, November 3rd.  Happy picture taking and good luck!

 

 

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