Harvest Walk

Richie had a school field trip called the Harvest Walk where the kids had to dress up as their favorite book character.  What a great idea except that the creativity skills between Chris and I are next to zero!  Rich's favorite book is actually Dino Hockey so we thought we could pull that one off (a dino tail and a hockey jersey, pretty easy right?).  Well when it came time to make this costume Rich said his favorite book was If You Give A Cat A Cupcake and he wanted to be a cat.  HUH???? Well we pick our battles wisely around here and this was not one I wanted to fight.  I figured it was best to have Rich on board and make the costume he wanted, rather than fight with him about it.  OK, so now how do you make a cat?  You can see the mask, belly and tail we came up with below.  One ear fell off before the end of the morning, but otherwise he was very happy. 
The kids paraded down Hanover Street to the Coast Guard Station in their costumes.  They men and women there were AMAZING to the kids.  They had decorated most of their offices and dressed up themselves.  The kids had a blast (got tons of candy) and I was psyched to finally get beyond that Coast Guard gate!  You can see Rich in his glory especially with his school girlfriends Hale and the 2 Amelia's. 
A huge thanks to the Coast Guard for making the day of some North End kids!