It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SUPERGIRL (and a cowboy)

The kids picked out their Halloween costumes this past weekend. When I first had kids, I said I thought that Halloween costumes were a waste of money- why pay for something they're only going to wear once, after all.

But, in our house at least, it feels like every day is Halloween. S and F are always playing dress up- and have boxes of costumes, some from Halloween, some bought just because, and some items are just pieces of clothing that they have laid claim to. So I really don't mind buying costumes now. I know that both kids are going to get a LOT of use out of them!

S debated his costume up and down the aisles in two stores. He just couldn't make up his mind. Iron Man, The Hulk, Indiana Jones, a Transformer. Each one had it's merits, and he told J about how cool each costume was as they searched. And then they wandered off the costume aisle onto the toy aisle and S had a change of heart. Heroes are not as cool as cowboys, apparently.

J was pleased with this choice too, since most of what S would need we already had. He needed a hat, of course. Can't be a cowboy without a hat. Throw in some cap-guns and a badge- and S is officially a western lawman. He's pretty pleased with the completed look- and J is running around the house shooting capguns with S like he's 5 years-old again too!

F was much easier to pick a costume for. I assumed that she would want to be a princess, since that is what she walks around the house pretending to be. But this year she walked right past the princess costumes to the end of the aisle, and then spent several long minutes debating the merits of Wonder Woman and Supergirl.

I'm not sure why Supergirl won in the end. Maybe it's because we've been watching the seventh season of Smallville here at home, and she had Supergirl on her mind. Or, just as likely, it's because the girl wearing the costume on the bag has blonde hair. F definately shows a tendency to prefer blondes. I guess it's that little kid mentality- "her hair looks like mine, her eyes look like mine". Whatever it is, I'm pretty pleased. She's more of a Super hero than a princess anyway- she's much too wild and adventuruous to spend her days at tea parties.

So, this year, S and F are going to save the world in their own ways. I like having heroes in my house.