Mr. Opinion

So, today is the first day of fall and as much as I LOVE the summer (3 cheers for the waterpark!) I also love the changing of the seasons. Pretty soon it will be time for wearing jeans and burning my pumpkin spice candle!

I also can't believe how soon it will be time to put the kids in their costumes for Halloween. This brings me to my tip for this Tuesday...don't plan too far ahead what your kids will wear for Halloween because they might surprise you and have their own opinions.

For you veteran moms the fact that children have their own opinions is probably old news, but this past week my 3 year old's opinion and I became very good friends. You see, until this past week, my 3 year old's opinion and I had yet to really meet. We had casually been introduced during the "pacifier throwing phase" and the occasional "Target meltdown" but really I would have to say we were more acquaintances than good friends.

Well, this all changed this past week. You see, back in March as you may remember, we took a family trip to Disney World. It was SUCH a fun week and we had the best time! While we were at Disney (in March, mind you!) I had what I thought was a genius idea! I should dress the kids up as Mickey and Minnie for Halloween!

It would be so fun because this would be the first Halloween we would have 2 kids and how fun to dress them in corresponding outfits and how even more fun that we would be able to always remember that the year we went to Disney the kids dressed up like the king and queen of Disney for Halloween!

I have spent a lot of time scouting out costumes on Ebay and kids consignment sales. I have spent a lot of time thinking about HOW CUTE Riley and Mary Kenzie were going to be as Mickey and Minnie. I have spent a lot of time talking about my great idea to friends and family members and random strangers who would listen to my costume plans for this Halloween.

BUT, I failed to mention MY plans to my 3 year old's opinion. You see, Mr. Opinion does not want to be Mickey Mouse. Mr. Opinion asked if he could please be Superman or a Power Ranger or really ANYTHING but Mickey Mouse. I begged and pleaded and tried to talk up the Big Cheese as best as I could but Mr. Opinion was not to be swayed.

You can call me a wus...you can accuse me of trying too hard to be my 3 year old's friend instead of his mom...but honestly it wasn't any of those things. Instead, it all boiled down to this one statement made by my 3 YEAR OLD:

"But, Mommy, if I dress up like Mickey Mouse the other kids will laugh at me!"

Gulp...I think my 3 year old is growing up...

So, down the drain go my plans for a Mickey and Minnie Halloween but my wallet is happy because the costume he ultimately begged me to let him wear this year was already hanging in the closet!