Any thoughts?
I need some help because I dont know what to do.
My son wanted to dress up as "super why" for Halloween (from PBS).
I can not sew so my mother in law made him a costume. I sent her pictures and we found a pattern . She was to sew and I was going to get a picture of the book, print it onto a iron-on sheet, and put it on the front of the finished costume. Here is where the problem starts. It looks great but she put a blue square and the letter Y in the square.Also she attached the belt to the top, and the top is a little too long. Now my son doesnt want to wear it because he says it doesnt look right. ( He just turned 4 last week). Problem solved I can unstitch the Y and turn the square into the book, and tuck in the shirt and get a new belt. He is cool with that and is so excited again. woo hoo yeah halloween! BUT.. now my mother in law wants to drive out here (45 mins from her house) to go trick- or- treating with the kids. She has never gone before and thinks it will be a good idea. So here is the new problem, do I:
A- Go to my son and explain some how that he has to wear the costume as it is and crush his little heart,
-or-
B- Tell my mother in law he is not happy with it and that I am changing it. And how do I do this? What do I say?
HELP!!!!! What do I choose?
Liz
halloween
I am sure that your mother in law doesn't know all the cartoons and what they are suppose to look it. IF she notices say that your son wanted some things changed around and just LOVES the costume. I am sure she will understand. I have a son that just turned 5 and I understand how little things are SO important to little ones, I wouldnt change the costume back. Just make sure your mother in law knows he LOVES the costume. She did make the costume you just did some minor changes.
details
My son turned 4 in July, and it's it funny how some of the silliest details are SO important to them? I just had this conversation with my mom yesterday. My son loves race cars and my parents are going to a Nascar race in Florida. She told Luke she would get him a tee shirt, so he started telling her that he wants a Dale Jr. shirt. Sounds easy enough, right? WELL, he isn't really into "Nascar", just race cars, and he wanted to be a race car driver for Halloween last year. We let him pick his suit out, and it happened to be Dale Jr, red suit, #8. Ever since, he refers to anything race car with last year's Halloween costume. Well I guess Dale Jr isn't red with a #8 anymore, so I had to tell my mom gently that it was a nice thought to get him a Dale Jr shirt, however if it isn't red with a #8, he wouldn't understand at all, and it just wouldn't be the same!
To answer your question, I wouldn't break your son's heart over it, no way! I would just tell your mother-in-law that he wanted to change something on it and how excited he is about his Halloween costume. Maybe tell her before she arrives so it isn't a surprise, but just tell her he is a very particular little guy and wanted a change and how happy he is with it. Maybe send her a picture of him wearing it already and tell her he wears it around all the time because he can't wait to wear it on Halloween. Talk up her costume and try to downplay the fact you had to make a correction.
Jessica
~ Mommy to Luke and Shawn
Mother in laws~
Don't you just love these sticky situations...and mother in-laws! I definately agree with the others in that you shouldn't break your sons heart! I would just kinda make a joke about it to your mother in law. Explaining how funny 4 yr olds can be and he needed it to be changed. I would just laugh it off with her. Hopefully if you act like its no big deal maybe she will too. Good luck!
thank you!
Thanks for all the good ideas. I'll let you know how it goes. =)
mother of Bel, Ronny and Kinsey
Great Ideas
You all have great ideas. But I know that if this was my mother-in-law I would still be in trouble. I don't think that I could do it either way. Good luck!!!
Mommy of Aaron