Bam Bam versus the Pirate

Now around our house there was a Halloween battle being waged.  Every year, I end up at the party store the weekend (or some time the night) before Halloween to pick out a costume.  This year I was determined to not be a part of the last minute rush.  So in September, I got Charles to pick a costume and away I went to order our costumes on the internet.  Woo Hoo! No Party Store for me this year. 

Well, as fate would have it, I was not destined to be that lucky.

As Halloween night drew near, Joey tells his grandma and everyone who will listen that he is was going to be a pirate.  Well that would have been awesome, if I had ordered a pirate costume.  Now, I listened to him tell me about the pirate and then I politely informed him that he was not going to be a pirate, but he was going to Bam Bam instead.  The response I received was: "No Bam Bam, Pirate." So being the sucker that I am, I ran off to the party store to find a pirate costume for my darling little boy.

Now, if you have ever been to a party store the weekend before Halloween, you know the zoo that it can be.  So I waited in line and got Joey his darling pirate costume.

Luckily, Joey had many occasions to wear his costumes.

Some how we managed to convince him to wear his Bam Bam costume to a birthday party the day before Halloween.

But on Halloween night, Joey would not join us in our family costume.  So Charles and I dressed as the Rubbles from the Flinstones.

But Moe the dog did help us complete our look.

And Joey wore his pirate costume.

We went trick or treating with our neighbor, who was also a pirate.  I think I know where Joey got the idea for his costume now.