The Green Flying Dinosaur's Practice Run

Daddy took Dexter to the town's "Safely Spooky" event at a nearby park last weekend. It gives us the opportunity to test out Dexter's costume in conditions similar to what Halloween night will likely be.  In the afternoon, I got Dexy to try on the costume over his coat to see if it fit (it did, but he looked a bit "Teletubby").  However, when he tried on the head, he was very unhappy with the strap under his chin.  I took some stuffing out of the head hoping it would ride lower on his head and the strap wouldn't feel so tight under his chin but he was having none of it.  That's when I got his green hooded sweatshirt, some green thread, and a needle and proceeded to sew the head onto the hood of the sweatshirt.  Dexy was much happier until I told him he had to also wear a scarf (he had helped me pick out some green fleece at the fabric store earlier in the day).  We finally got him to agree to the scarf by calling it a "dinosaur cape".

When people asked what he was going to be for Halloween, Dexy would reply, "a green flying dinosaur". Not exactly the response people were expecting.

Catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror.