Four Batmen and a Catwoman

Dylan has recently discovered superheroes, and despite not knowing very much about them at all, he is pretty obsessed! We were invited along to an event at Toys'r'us last weekend to attempt a world record for the most amount of Superheroes at one time.

Being just a little bit geeky, I couldn't resist the opportunity to dress up, and we were sent costumes for the whole family.  I have two very happy little guys and one rather happy bloke as well!  

And of course, we had to try them on . . . and then pounce around the street too, fighting off baddies.  Even Finn had his own outfit, although it was a bit cold outside for the littlest superhero, so he held the fort for us.

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'That Mum'

 I am 'that mum'. 

The one who dresses her children in silly outfits for her own pleasure.  I know full well that by the time they reach their teens they may hate me for all the photos, but I am hoping that it gives me a bit of levarage when we are battling about homework to threaten to expose the picture of them as a baby in bunny ears.

I doesn't help that there are so many gorgeous little outfits out there nowadays.  

If we were not supposed to dress our babies up then they really shouldn't sell these things!

What are your views on babies in silly outfits?

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My Homemade Halloween Maternity Costume

Finding a Halloween costume suitable for a bump is not easy.  You can spend money buying something lovely or you can improvise.  I went for the second option and for under £5 made my Halloween costume for the year.

Take one cheap vest - (I found primark sells them for £2 and they are lovely and long and very stretchy.)  -Cut a large hole in the tummy area.

Paint the now bare tummy orange.  I tried face paint but with such a large area to cover could not get it to work well.  Next we tried a homemade fingerpaint concoction which again didn't look too good.  Finally I mixed PVA glue with food colouring and painted it on leaving a lovely shiny orange belly poking out from under my top!

Wait a couple of minutes for the orange to dry and then draw on your pumpkin face using whatever is at hand.  We used black paint with a little sponge and my newly popped out belly button was the pumpkin nose.

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