What super heros do on Halloween
October 24th, 2008 by JasonBoo!
I’m a little nervous about Halloween.
My daughter Danni isn’t – she’s excited. She has three costumes to choose from – two are a year old, one brand new. She can be Batgirl, a skeleton or a pirate. All have advantages and disadvantages and she weighing them carefully with her five-year-old brain.
My fear isn’t about her, it’s about me. The family was invited to a Halloween party on Nov. 1. The party will be a great time, there will be several kids there for my daughter to play with and I really like the people having the party.
Here’s the kicker – adults have to dress up to. I’m sure I haven’t dressed up since I was 12, maybe younger. I’m 36 now. I’m not a big fan of wearing costumes and my wife was quite surprised that I was will to dress up for the evening.
My only rules for a costume was that it couldn’t have big, clunky parts that would be difficult to manage.
I’m a little ashamed to say that my wife Laura and daughter chose my costume for me – Batman. It’s a good choice, Laura is going to be Robin and Danni can wear her Batgirl costume. I did make a trip to the store and try it on.
My big concern is that my daughter is going to expect me to wear my costume when we go trick-or-treating. It would probably make the night even more fun her, but I really don’t want to. What if someone asks for help thinking I’m a real superhero, what kind of let down would that be for my five-year-old?
What happens if I bump into someone wearing a Joker outfit? This isn’t like the 1970s, the Joker in the new Batman movies is tough dude. I think I would have been better off if I hadn’t seen the movie.
Anyway, if you see a family of bat-people on the street, wave. Be gentle with us, we’re not really superheros.
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