Yes, I know Halloween was months and months ago... please don't confuse me with the facts...
Adam (seen here before the "Trunk or Treat" at church) wanted to be Aragon from The Lord of the Rings for Halloween. Putting together a costume that would be recognizable proved to be a lot more difficult than I had hoped. I told my sister Stephanie in dismay when she asked over the phone what each of the boys were going to be for Halloween, "Uh...Adam kind of looks like a cross between Jesus...or better yet, John the Baptist* and Peter Pan in his costume." (I think Adam was trying to recapture the glory of his Legolas (also from The Lord of the Rings) costume from years past..
When Mike saw Adam in full costume he whispered to me, "I can't remember the name of the movie...but he looks more like that guy that kept saying, 'My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.' than Aragon."
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My mouth fell open as I looked over at Adam (who was, incidentally, preparing to run Brian through with his plastic sword) and I whispered back to Mike in horror, "Oh, no...the Princess Bride...you're right...he looks exactly like Inigo Montoya...NOT Aragon."
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You know...sometimes...despite all of your best efforts...you envision yourself looking like this:
but...you really turn out looking a little more like this:
Well...at least nobody asked him if he was Inigo Montoya...
...of course...nobody asked him if he was Aragon, either...
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All night he kept getting asked if he was supposed to be Robin Hood...
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...oh, for pity's sake. Next year I am going to have to outsource to make proper looking Halloween costumes.
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* I thought he looked kind of like John the Baptist because I remembered hearing Bible stories of how John the Baptist wore a leather belt and camel hair. (Matthew 3:4) But please...don't tell Adam that I thought he looked like anyone other than Aragon.
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