Halloween

So, I know it's not QUITE Halloween yet but here in Wisconsin today is the day for Trick-Or-Treat and even though our little one isn't quite old enough for the candy we still just had to take part in the festivities. This is his first Halloween after all! I know- I know- we went with the old stand by baby costume. It's not the most original, I realize that. The thing is- I am a stickler for tradition. I was a pumpkin for my first Halloween. As were my sisters and my brother so why shouldn't I put my child through the same torment.
I actually tried to get my hands on the very same costume I wore as a child but alas it has been lost to storage and has yet to be retrieved. So I went on a search for a similar costume. There were TONS of pumpkin costumes but none had UMPF! They were saggy or flat, all around boring. I turned to the patterns to see if I could find the one my mom used for mine. No such luck. I did manage to find one through Simplicity but it wasn't quite it either. I settled. But then I had to search 4 different stores to find it. Then I added my own twist. I did some embelishing around the face and I added filling. I poofed it. That's the UMPF I was looking for. The POOF! What pumpkin doesn't have POOF!?!Truth be told though- after all that trouble- I couldn't care less about the poof. I know I'm biased but I think this kid would have looked just as cute in a painted paper bag. The smile would have been just as big, and the eyes just as bright. I just can't get enough of him.