Faith decides on a Halloween costume.................

(Excuse me as a take a trip down memory lane of past Halloween's..................)


On Friday the boys went to a friends house after school and they were invited to stay for the evening. So with her brothers gone we decided to take Faith out to dinner and then to Target to look at Halloween costumes! We have been talking about what she wants to be this year and of course it changes day by day. I have to admit with raising 2 little guys and my Halloweens full of super heroes, ghosts, phantoms, etc..... I was so looking forward to all of these Halloweens full of princesses, fairies, and all things pretty and girly. Ha!

Faith's first Halloween home with us she was only 16 months and not walking yet. I decided we had many of years ahead of us to dress up in all those beautiful princess costumes so I went with cute and comfy for her and found this cute little giraffe suit and indeed she made the cutest little giraffe. We went "trunk or treating" at the military base (in England) and she had a blast............

look how smart she was to put one in her mouth and grab another one! lol (and yes that is a toothbrush in her other hand..someone was giving out toothbrushes)

Faith's second Halloween we were back in the States and she really got into all the decorations and costumes! And she fell in love with the pointy witch hats! Every time we went into a store she went right for the witch hats. Sigh.......once again we would wait for that pretty princess costume. She did make an awfully cute little witch!

By her 3rd Halloween I was determined she would be a princess no matter what!!:)
I had a precious Snow White costume I had put away for her and when time came for picking out costumes I pulled it out. Faith immediately said no she wanted to be an animal. I came up with the idea that I would dress as one of the Snow White characters with her. It worked! She loved the idea! So I finally had my "princess" that Halloween. Faith was Snow White and I the wicked queen.....................

My beautiful Snow White Princess!!!!!

Faith and Mommy! Oops! I mean Snow White and the wicked queen!




So last year as Faith's 4th Halloween rolled around, I had high hopes that again Faith would be dressing as a princess. sigh.........not having it! She wanted to be Batman! Luckily I found a cute Bat girl costume that she thought was just the coolest thing............................

She did make an awfully cute Bat girl!




So on Friday as we walked through Target checking out all the Halloween costumes I no longer had my hopes up that she would pick out that beautiful princess costume (well, ok maybe just a little;) I figured she would pick out another super hero or maybe an animal costume. Yes, I was prepared for a super hero costume, but I was not prepared for this...................

Captain America!! Yep! Faith took one look at the Captain America costume and said, "I want that one!" I tried to persuade her over to the cute Wonder girl or Super girl costumes. I can deal with the super heroes, but I thought it would at least be of her own gender! Nope, her mind was made up! She proudly carried it around with a big smile on her face all the way up to the cash register. (Of course Dale was proud as can be as he was a huge captain America fan when he was a boy and we have pictures of him dressed up in a Captain America costume as a kid)

When we got to the register Faith handed her costume to the lady and she asked Faith
"Is this for you?"
Faith proudly said "yes, it sure is!"
The lady then says, "What about a pretty princess?"
Faith, (shaking her head) "I'm going to save the world!"

That's my girl!!!! No time for princesses, she has better things to do.....................

like save the world!!!!!!!

She even wanted to sleep in it that night!
(she did eventually put her pajamas on:)