We considered dressing him up as my father, his mirror image, but weren't sure how he'd take to the facial hair. Or that his brain has the current capacity to hold all world knowledge on wasps, grass, wine, and HDR photography.
I've always wanted a baby banana slug, but am willing to wait until he can walk to truly pull that one off. The slime trail is a crucial part of that costume.
So what will the boy be for Halloween? A french fry? Princess? Motherboy competitor? Something that involves permanent marker and a Hitler moustache?
Considering that he's got a Momma that loves playing dress-up and a Daddy that fell in love with her for that reason ... there's no way he's getting out of it. (When we met, my bra was on the outside of my shirt.)
For his very first Halloween, Merritt Scot will be portraying "Awesome."
As brought to you by his Three Wolf Moon shirt. Homemade with love.
If you're not familiar with the awesomeness of this shirt, please take a moment to read all 1,530 customer reviews on Amazon. There's no denying the power.
Here are a few of my favorites.
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From B. Govern of New Jersey:
This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him.
I arrived at Wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. While I was browsing tube socks, I could hear aroused asthmatic breathing behind me. I turned around to see a slightly sweaty dream in sweatpants and flip-flops standing there. She told me she liked the wolves on my shirt, I told her I wanted to howl at her moon. She offered me a swig from her mountain dew, and I drove my scooter, with her shuffling along side out the door and into the rest of our lives. Thank you wolf shirt.
Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women
Cons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more on the 'guns'), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.
From overlook1977 of Raleigh, NC:
Unfortunately I already had this exact picture tattooed on my chest, but this shirt is very useful in colder weather.
From L. Ciaccia of Atlanta, GA:
Just wanted to post on here, be careful to order your shirt from here (amazon.com) only. I was looking to get one cheaper, and bought one off Ebay, but didn't read it carefully enough. You guessed it, one wolf, three moons. I mean it's ok to wear I guess, but if you look carefully you can tell it's not the real thing. It hasn't made me as confident as the real one would of, but at least I THINK about the real one when I wear it, and that helps a bit I guess.
Don't try to save a couple bucks! NOT WORTH IT.
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Happy Hallowawesome!
*Edited to add, from Uncle John: "He'll be picking up ALL the ladies. It's almost cruel for you do that to the rest of man-dom, but they'll just have to deal."
