Aren't these the cutest Mermaids you have ever seen?
God knows the heart of our children. We live in a small neighborhood and know all of the neighbors so I had planned to let Mackenzie go trick or treating this year. However, with finances being tight, I thought we could use one of the many princess outfits we have. We had a giraffe that we were going to use last year but in the move in got misplaced. This year, I found it but it was too small. Stay tuned because I am sure Natalie will "want" to be a giraffe in a year or two. Anyway...
Last week, Mackenzie and I took a trip to the grocery store. I really don't enjoy this part of my domestic management job so we stopped to treat ourselves to a double chocolate chip cream frappacino at the Starbucks inside Kroger. After all, we might as well enjoy the shopping experience, right? The clerk actually came all the way around the counter to hand Mackenzie her drink and asked her what she was going to be for Halloween. We have TONS of magazines that came in the mail with all kinds of costumes. Mackenzie has been scouring them for the last month with a different choice each day. I listened with great curiousity to see what she was going to say. Her answer? A Blue Mermaid! Hmmmmm. I wondered how I was going to pull that off.
We drove home and when Dad unloaded the van, he pulled out a bag of clothes that someone had given us earlier in the week. I assumed it was regular clothing but it was actually a bag of fun costume pieces. Guess what was inside? A Mermaid costume. It was purple instead of blue but she was thrilled just the same! And...she got her wish to be a mermaid. If I could only have faith like that!!! The next night, I went with a friend to find maternity clothes and one of the stores had all of their costumes 50% off. I got the matching infant mermaid costume for $9. Gotta love that!
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