I wonder how much longer our kids are going to let us do themed costumes for them? This year took a little convincing with Remi, but it all came together pretty well. Grant's been wanting to be a ninja all year and Mike was so excited about the idea of making him and Sawyer characters from Mortal Kombat. He got Grant excited about the idea of being SubZero (because he wears shiny blue) and having Sawyer be Raiden. Once I found out what Mortal Kombat is, and what female options there were, the project was almost trashed! :) Mike's sister suggested a Japanese Princess. Rems was pretty disappointed she didn't get to be Elsa, but once we told her she could wear a pink dress and be a "princess", she agreed!
We also got to go trick-or-treating with Batman! :)
Raiden tried to get away
Remi had said she wanted to have a princess tea party for her birthday. I saw this awesome idea on Pinterest to do a Japanese tea party so we did a Japanese Princess Tea Party. We tried to go smaller this year and just invite a few girls from her nursery class at church and it was much less stressful than in the past and still just as fun!
Mike made little kimonos for each of the girls and we hung sheets from the thrift store to look like those fabric room dividers.
My dad served his mission in Japan and brought back this doll for my mom. She let us use it for decor. I also saw the idea on Pinterest to make "sushi" out of Twinkies and Rice Krispie Treats
The girls had a little Frozen karaoke party afterward so Remi still got a dose of Elsa! :)
(Mike had wanted to stuff their kimonos with pillows and do sumo wrestling, but we didn't know how to pull that off in our tiny house!)
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