Dear Reader,
It was an Inflatable Dinosaur Riding a Raptor, Halloween Costume and it looked hilarious. I'd never seen anything like it before, and I couldn't imagine how a person could actually fit into it. But I wasn't scanning Amazon for a Halloween costume, I was looking for some gruesome Halloween cupcake toppers for the dessert I make for my grandchildren every weekend. (Since I can't have them visit, I drop dessert off on their doorstep on Fridays.) So I moved on from the crazy-looking dino costume and found some "bleeding" eyeballs to center in their cupcakes. Perfect! They'd love them.
But for some reason I couldn't resist going back to the costume. It certainly was making me smile, just thinking about it. Then again, I'm not even a big Halloween fan, and I certainly wouldn't be going anywhere this year--except I was going to make an appearance on my grandchildren's front stoop when I dropped off dessert. Okay, so now I was laughing out loud thinking about how silly I would look delivering dessert as Grandma Dino, and it certainly would be memorable. So even though I'd be buying the costume for a 10-minute appearance on the stoop, I decided 'these are desperate times for a real good laugh.' And it was clear that Dinosaur Riding a Raptor was calling out to me, "Suzanne, you need to buy me." And so I did.
Once you put this costume on and start the air pump, you have to pull the string tight around your waist, so none of the air escapes. It doesn't take too long for the head (with red LED lights), the legs, tail and dino hands to inflate. But when you're all inflated, you can't sit down. I didn't want to be inflating when my grandkids came to the door, so my husband parked our car around the block, and I got out and inflated me (with one neighbor looking), and then I walked down to my grandchildren's house while my husband drove slowly beside me.
Yes, my grandchildren and my son were shocked to see Grandma Dino at the door! And before I left my grandson asked if he could be Dino at his outdoor socially distanced Halloween party. So the inflatable, Dinosaur Riding a Raptor will be making a second appearance this year. Of course I have photos, I think you'll enjoy them...click here.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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