This year for Cooper's costume I did something different than my normal run to a store and pick up a costume. When ever we asked Cooper what he wanted to be for Halloween we would get various answers, everything from astronaut to police officer to Buzz Lightyear. Finally he stuck on being a football player and would tell us to stop asking him. Since we are huge Vikings fans Rob and I were pretty excited, until I started looking into buying a costume.. They were incredibly expensive so I decided to try put one together. Thankfully I have an amazing shopper of a sister who was able to find a Vikings helmet for $7.00! Since Cooper already has an Adrian Peterson jersey all we needed was some football pants, which didn't sound to hard to find - wrong! Finally I decided to get a little creative. I bought a pair of baseball pants and decided to add some purple and gold to them. So off Cooper and I went to JoAnn Fabrics to get some supplies. If you have never been in one of these stores they can be pretty overwhelming especially with a three year old in tow. I found the purple fabric and while discussing my plan with the amazingly helpful employee decided to change my plan a little bit. Once I gathered all the remaining materials and some additional fun art project stuff we headed home. I grabbed the ironing board and iron and started working. I didn't get too far before realizing it would be much easier with my sewing machine. I dusted off my sewing machine that hasn't seen the light of day since right after I graduated high school and was amazed at how quickly it all came back to me! Thank goodness for those home economics classes I took all those years ago. For my first attempt at putting together a costume from scratch I think I did a pretty good job, what do you think?
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