Happy Halloween!! It's a Mario!!

Happy Halloween!!

What is that you say? It's not Halloween?? Not even October!? Well can SOMEONE please tell my children that.

Lil'Dude is going to be Mario and Lil'Guy is Luigi. I wish it was opposite because it would be cuter if Luigi was taller but alas. They didn't ask me. And they have asked to wear their costume every single day. Every. Single. Minute. Every. Single. Day. And because I'm a super cool mommy who was convince pre-kids I would do things like that.....I never do. Hey! Those bad boys are expensive and sure as anything they will rip it and you better believe this "can't sew a button" chick aint gonna fix it. Didn't think about THAT pre-kids did I?!

Don't be fooled. Lil'Guy is actually thrilled.

My guys are slightly obsessed with all things Mario. And by slightly obsessed I mean that is all they talk about. Ever. We use it as a bartering tool for many things. And by many things I mean everything.

"Did you finish dinner? If not I'm taking Mario away for the rest of the week!!"

"If you do not stop fighting then NOONE is playing Mario today!!"

"If you get a green card you can play an hour of Mario."

"Okay sure, you can play one hour of Mario and rot your brain by playing video games before the age of 5, all for the cheap price of me being able to cook dinner without the two of you fighting, under my feet, or begging to help."

"If you don't tell mommy she is the prettiest mommy in the world I'm throwing Mario away forever!!"

You get the point. Oh and my oldest son, being the super smart guy he is, convinced his little brother that Luigi is the coolest so he could be Mario (Mario controls the main guy on the wii and controls which level you get to go to). It was pretty ingenius of him and I seriously had to give him props, so much so that I don't even make them share. They are both happy. Lil'Guy's ignorance is bliss for mommy sometimes.

However. Daddy and mommy are not allowed to play Mario with them. ONE of them has a certain "issue" with realizing that these games are "just for fun" and that it's okay if they die or make you die all the time...or make you not finish a level, or use all of your hard earned mushrooms. Deep breaths....everything isn't a competition. It's all for fun. But seriously? Playing with them is the most frustrating thing in the world!! I mean...they love it...but they don't win a whole heck of a lot....and they won't listen....and they don't do it RIGHT!!

Like I said, when I...er..."that person" asks if they can play with them and they say no. There is a reason why.

So tell me...what are your kids going to be for Halloween? Any big plans? I have been toying with having a Halloween party...how fun would that be!? Having one that you can bring the kiddos too of course but the adults can still get down and dirty. Well, not really down and dirty. Okay not dirty at all, just dress up and drink a beer or two. Or five if you aren't driving. Seven if you have had to listen to your kids begging to wear their costume every day for the past two months. Eight if you finally gave in to them wanting you to dress up as a slightly "wimpish" version of Waluigi.

Of course this whole "party planning" idea goes directly against my whole "procrastinater to the max" thing I have going for me since it isn't even October yet. So most likely I will think about it, not do anything about it. Wish I had done it a couple weeks before Halloween, throw something half-way together last minute and then regret doing anything the day before the party when I'm super cleaning my house, then the day of the party be super glad I did it and wish I had done more. Go out and buy a ton of decorations all super expensive since it's right before Halloween, make my husband crazy, THEN have the half-way not-really-very-fun version of the could-have-been-awesome party.

That is how I roll.

But really my kids want me to dress up as the princess in Mario so I just want an excuse to dress up as a princess.

And yes, I did convince them to want me to be the princess instead of their original vote of Toad.

Psh. Toad.

As if.