I finished Rose’s dress for Halloween on Sunday. She’s going to be Tiana (the princess of The Princess & the Frog). 
I adapted a pattern a little bit – mostly because I didn’t like some frippery that they had attached, and I decided to sew everything on instead of gluing stuff. Really, who would want to spend $50 on fabric just to then glue everything together? It may not wind up being an heirloom, but most of the costumes I’ve made for my kids over the years have been worn by a younger cousin or friend a second time, holding up through at least a couple of Trick-or-Treats. There is a question about whether D’s first costume, a lion, is intact enough after three babies wearing it to support lending it to Rocco (the chenille mane I made was looking a little the worse for wear when we put it away last, I think). But I’ll have Charles bring it down from the attic and maybe it would still work. Or I could always remake the head… Though with Nicole’s costume to finish (stalled on some buttons that I just can’t quite bring myself to try because I am terrified I will screw the whole thing up at this point), and my own that I haven’t started yet, I may have my hands full enough of projects. I want to make Rose a crinoline and a bag to collect treats in as well.
What about D, you ask? He’s going to be the Green Lantern again this year, we bought the costume at Target for $20. Ah well, you can’t win them all.