Dustin is 3. He is a three-year-old fire fighter. He has been so excited about this costume for a really long time. I think we may attach the vacuum hose to a kid backpack for trick-or-treating tonight. We tend to discourage play that involves guns and shooting, and I think that's part of his intrigue with fire fighters. He can squirt everything with water! At some point I have to say that I'm not crazy about playing with imaginary squirting machines that squirt all the people in the house, but it still feels like a more comfortable premise to me than pretend-play with guns.
What Fun. Thanks to Heather for sending me these pictures while I'm at work!
Lydia just loves her bead necklaces. She will sit on the floor and put them on her head endlessly. Then of course she struggles to get them off of her head, which is necessary to put them back on her head! The boots came from Heather's sister-in-law, and they are perfect. The shirt actually fits Dustin, but it works!
You may have guessed that Dustin's face mask is some repurposed packaging. It looks even better in real life than it does here. Although he has a fire fighter style jacket at home, this jacket came from our friend Bram, and it surpasses the other jacket! It comes with a fire extinguisher and even a horn that sounds like a fire engine siren. Dustin has been telling us for the past few weeks that he needs a fire truck to go with his costume. We're working on that!
Now the only question is how to have fun trick-or-treating tonight and keep the sugar consumption in control!
