Of course his first costume had to be original which meant it couldn't come in a package. We found a monkey suit and cut off the tail to make it look like a bear. Then found a coat, but it had six buttons and Paddington has zero buttons and two toggles. So off went the buttons and I made toggles from buttons, cording and felt. Luckily Daddy had a suitcase from his childhood memories (ie junk) and it worked perfectly. The hat was made from felt and was such a pain to make but turned out decent. Daddy lovingly drove 25 minutes (each way) to get what seemed to be the only pair of toddler rain boots in the city. And as luck would have it, they were the perfect style. His costume was definitely a team effort and a success! Although he was much less thrilled about it than we were.
Our first stop at 5:30 was Betty Eide's house at the end of Sherwood Hills Circle.
Paddington received a marshmallow candy in the ghost bag and his first toy truck!
Betty was very happy to have a trick-or-treater this year, let alone, a first-timer! Not many trick or treaters venture to the street behind our house anymore. Our guess is that's because it's actually quite scary to wall back there in the dark!
Paddington Bear Happy with his first toy truck!
Our second stop was Joe and Jane's across the street from our house. Jane immediately guess that Paddington Bear had arrived to trick or treat! After joe and jane's we visited grandpa and grandma in Fridley.
