Puuur-fect !

Up until until last year, Elle had never participated in Halloween.  Not because she couldn't but because I could not and would not dress her up in a costume.  As silly as it sounds, I didn't want to dress her up and possibly have someone laugh at the disabled kid who probably had no idea she was even dressed up in a costume.

That changed in 2011 when Elle was invited to go trick-o-treating with David's family.  I was telling a close friend that I really wanted her to go but was hesitant to dress her up.  She told me that Elle could go dressed up as something beautiful and asked if I would allow her to "make" this said "beautiful" costume for her.  I agreed  and was so happy that I did.  By the end of the week the costume was done.  5 yards of red tulle, lots of black hand cut, felt dots, 4 black and red pipe cleaners and a few black fuzzy pompoms later and Elle was a beautiful lady bug!!  Kate made Elle an amazing red tutu and antenna.  This accompanied with a red turtle neck and black tights and she was absolutely adorable.


I realized that night that it is ok for Elle to participate in Halloween like other kids .  I just had to find a costume that "worked" for Elle and also worked for me. 

Jump to Halloween this year and another invitation to join in family trick-o-treating. With a little research, we found the perfect or should I say...Puuur-fect Halloween costume for the kid!  The best part of all was that the costume was actually built around her pediatric wheelchair!!  Woo Hoo!  This meant Elle could be completely comfortable and we would not have to fuss with other modes of transportation for her.  While we can't take full credit for the overall design, we did make a few adjustments that made it even better. A little creative verbiage from David and it was done!   Elle had a good time and got lots of compliments on her costume.  A few people even wanted to keep her but this lil kitten is allll mine!