Ben’s Preschool Parade

We don’t really take part in Halloween activities, but the past few years we have let the kids dress up for the preschool parade. It’s really all that they do for the holiday (yet they still acquire ridiculous amounts of candy) and both Ben and Rosemary look forward to it every year.

Early on, Ben had said he wanted to be Woody again this year. I’d given him the option of being Mater, Lightning McQueen’s driver, or Woody (all costumes we already had on hand) and he’d finally chosen Woody. But a few days before the parade, Rosemary and Ben were playing Magic Tree House and he changed his mind and wanted to be Jack. Since Jack’s costume is quite possibly the easiest boys costume to do ever, we went ahead and let him switch.

Ben as Jack from the Magic Tree House books

Jack wears glasses, has dark hair (Ben’s was sprayed black)…

Always has his backpack with him…

And he carries his journal, reference book, pencil, and Magic Librarian card. All of which were tucked safely inside Ben’s bag.

Rosemary dressed as Queen Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia.

Attached to her belt she carried her dagger and cordial vial.

She wanted to wear a crown. I offered to let her wear my tiara from our wedding and she jumped at the chance. I think the necklace she’s wearing was from my senior prom.

Striking a regal pose

All three little ones. Since it was so cold, we just kept Charlotte in her regular clothes and didn’t dress up.

Ready to load up and head to the parade.

Once we dropped Ben off, we made our way over to get our spots along the parade route.

He had the most adorable little face as he walked. He kept his nose scrunched up, I think in an effort to keep his glasses on, but it was too cute.

His dark hair kept throwing me off!

One of the best parts of Ben’s costume was that he was nice and warm. It was 50 degrees when we left the house that morning so it was chilly for a parade.

Hi, Jack!

A picture of Ben’s class

From there, we headed home to do some school.

Rosemary did her work in her costume.

And a perfect score on her fact sheet for the day! It was a super big deal and she was VERY excited!

So that was it as far as dressing up for Halloween for our kids. And it cost a whopping $7.50 (for the hairspray and glasses). Everything else we already had. They still thought it was great.