Halloween Costumes for Kids... kids have it made nowadays

It's Little Man's first Halloween, not that he cares, so Lady and I have been looking at costumes for him online and in stores. The level of quality and materials in these costumes just amazed me. I especially mean some of the ones I saw at Target. Retailers have really upped the ante in regards to store bought children's costumes. I remember as I was a little kid in the late 70's when Halloween rolled around, you went to Toys R' Us and there were stacks of boxes costumes mainly consisting of a plastic or nylon shirt & pants with a plastic mask that strapped on your head with a white rubber string. The string was held on to the mask with two staples, one on each side of the mask. The costume sometimes looked like the character you were supposed to be dressed as... or sometimes it had a picture of the person you were supposed to be. The Casper the Friendly Ghost costume my brother wore for example had Casper's image and logo across the chest of his little costume.

Nowadays the Spider-Man and superman store bought costumes are made with cloth fabric that are actually padded to make a kid look like he has muscles. And the prices for these costumes aren't bad at all. Little Man has a monkey costume that we bought him and Lady might buy another for photographs.

Having a kid definitely makes these holidays fun again. Halloween has always been a day I've enjoyed. We have a good amount of children in the neighborhood, so we like to decorate for them and pass out decent candy. This year will be even more fun now that we have our little guy.

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