This is the first year in years that the boys don't want to dress as a trio (we've done the Marx Bros., the 3 Musketeers, 3 characters from Robin Hood, Rock Paper Scissors, etc.); I should be thinking that this is a good thing, I know, but I am secretly feeling somewhat let down by this development! So I am busy sewing (vampire, zombie, astronaut) with somewhat less zeal than usual (I did really like their original ideas of a picnic pack of ketchup, mustard, and relish, or their three favourite encyclopedia volumes), but I'm gradually getting them done. They're excited, so that's what counts!

And yes, their heads are honking big (their centre of gravity is an awful lot higher than their mum's!!). So it's just as well that I sew all their stuff anyway.