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The Halloween Costume - Part 2 - The Panic

Yep - I'm starting to panic.  Just a tad.  I'm not waking up in a cold sweat quite yet but my fear is pretty tangible. I have boxes.  Lots of boxes.  I have paint - brushes - some weird Styrofoam circle thing - but I am afraid to start putting it all together. What's it gonna be????  Maybe it will remain in its natural box state Hayden was ready to go on Saturday! "Hey Mom - let's start my costume!" I, unfortunately, have a bad case of crafty paralysis.  I can't bring myself to start because I am terrified I will do it wrong - it will look bad - and I will be a failure. The boxes and paint brushes are mocking me! Can't handle that pressure right now so I'm going to leave the boxes where they live - in the corner of my kitchen - and pretend that Halloween is not happening.  We'll see where that gets me. :-) In the meantime, enjoy this picture of Harlyn in her "hiking outfit." It is distraction in its purest, cutest f