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All The Halloween Princesses

Posted on 11/01/2012 by Backpacking Dad

I went to Adrian’s costume parade on Tuesday, the day before Halloween. He wanted to be dressed up as Thomas the Tank Engine. When Emily took him to the store to pick out a costume, as the tale goes, he never hesitated, and went straight for Thomas.

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There are, roughly, an even number of boys and girls in Adrian’s preschool class, all between three and five years old. Adrian was the only train. But he wasn’t the only ‘only’.

One boy was the only camouflaged soldier. One boy was the only knight. One boy was the only dragon. One boy was the only bat. One boy was the only pirate. One boy was the only superhero. One boy was the only elephant.

Each boy in the class was dressed uniquely.

Seven out of the ten girls in the class were princesses.

I don’t really know what this means, if it is a good thing, a neutral thing, a bad thing; a foreshadowing or a phase; an indication or an incident.

When Erin was four, she was a princess for Halloween as well.

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The year before, she chose to be Elastigirl.

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Before that, we were the ones choosing her costumes. There was Woody:

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And there was “generic cute animal, probably otter”:

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And her first costume was Yoda, because I’m her dad and I said so:

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When she chose the princess outfit last year, I was sure of two things: (1) We had screwed up somehow, because all the cool, smart parents will assure you that princess culture is the devil. (2) Erin was going to be a princess every Halloween until the end of time.

But as it turned out, when her new obsession kicked in this year, it was that interest that determined her choice of costume.

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Her decision to be The Phantom of the Opera was unexpected only insofar as I thought she would choose to be Christine. But that was only based on her previous interest in all-things-princess, and Christine was the closest thing to a princess in The Phantom of the Opera. In the end, what mattered to her was that the Phantom was the most interesting character to her.

I don’t know if Erin will become enamoured of princesses again; I don’t know if a phase has ended. But if you’ve noticed that seven out of ten little girls you know chose a princess costume this year, maybe it doesn’t mean anything at all.

4 thoughts on “All The Halloween Princesses”

  1. Asha Dornfest {Parent Hacks} says:
    11/03/2012 at 5:22 PM

    I don’t think it matters (princesses). I think what matters is letting your daughter enjoy Halloween and express her creativity as she likes (within reason…and by that I mean no crazily, overtly sexual costumes, but your daughter is too young for that!). My daughter is in 4th grade, and there were still plenty of princesses (evil princesses, bat princesses, zombie princesses, etc.). She was a Head Crab Zombie. She looked like she had a demonic turkey on her head, and a bloody shirt. All the boys dug it (it’s a video game villain) and the girls looked perplexed. I thought it was weird, but she had a blast.

  2. Marcy Hogan says:
    11/04/2012 at 7:21 PM

    I *love* that she went as the phantom of the opera. =)

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  4. Brian Cumpston says:
    11/10/2012 at 6:32 AM

    From one star wars fan to another, the Yoda costume was profoundly awesome….or should I say “Profoundly awesome the Yoda costume was, hmmm.” Great post, a very nice read.

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