Halloween Costumes

For the past month, all Jack has wanted to be for Halloween is a giraffe. He found his giraffe costume from two years ago in the closet and he was dead set on being a giraffe again. So I was on the search for a larger costume (He wanted Kate to be a Hippo or a Pig, by the way!). Last Monday, we took a family trip to the Memphis zoo. He was pumped about seeing the giraffes, but when we got to the exhibit, Jack started holding his nose and complaining that they smelled. I have to admit, it stunk, but Jack (being his dramatic self) was coughing, gasping for air, and would not stand anywhere near the giraffes. See picture below and note Jack in the far left of the shot holding his nose.

Not thinking anything about it, we went to Sam's and saw some Halloween costumes. Lo and behold there was a giraffe costume in Jack's size! I said "Jack! Here is your costume!" He said to me "I want to be a dinosaur." I was amazed that he no longer wanted to be a giraffe and proceeded to buy the dinosaur costume.

Jack hasn't talked about giraffes since the day at the zoo and then it finally hit me . . . He no longer wanted to be a giraffe because he thinks they smell bad! So I guess Kate gets to be a giraffe for Halloween this year . . .

As an added bonus, when I tried Kate's costume on her this morning, she happened to have just had a dirty diaper. Jack sat down next to her and said "She sure is a smelly giraffe!"