It took everything in me (and several others) to get Kevin to agree to a non-Star Wars costume this year. I got him to commit to an astronaut costume that we saw online, at least until we got to the costume store. Once he saw all the Star Wars costumes, and ninja costumes too, he changed his mind. But no, I put my foot down and he grudgingly went along. I personally think the astronaut costume turned out great and he got rave reviews from his fellow trick-or-treaters (even from the ones that thought he was a Ghostbuster!! - guess they didn't see the space shuttle & NASA patches).
I love his face in this picture!
What is that on his back you ask? Kevin's dad thought he would be creative (scary!) and make Kevin a jetpack to go with his costume. Actually not a bad idea but there were a couple flaws.
1) The box was a little too big.
2) He had planned on painting "USA" on the back but ran out of time - so it was just a white box.
3) The cups that were glued on the bottom to look like rocket boosters fell off after about 5 minutes - so again, it was just a white box.
But other than that, it was a good time. Kevin made out great like always. See the 10/31 Kevinism for details on his experience handing out candy.
