Some kids know what they want to be for Halloween for the entire year. For people who love the holiday, planning a costume can be a months-long activity.
For other kids, Halloween costumes are a last-minute decision.
I know I always had a hard time choosing what to be. To this day, I still struggle to think of good costume ideas.
It can be really challenging to come up with a great disguise when everyone seems to choose the same things over and over again — superheroes, princesses, animals, and movie characters. If you want to be more original, it takes a lot of time and thought.
One little boy was really struggling this year when his mom asked him what he wanted to be. He just wasn't feeling inspired by any of the costumes he saw at the store.
Finally, his mom told him he should just pick his favorite hero. That's how he decided to dress up as his own dad for Halloween.
The little boy's mom shared the story on Imgur, where people absolutely fell in love with it.
Read what she had to say below.
She wrote:
No one knew what my son was for Halloween and he didn’t care.
He had a hard time picking out a costume this year.
We walked out of two Halloween stores empty handed, he didn't wanna be any of the characters.
Finally, Sunday night, I just told him to pick his FAVORITE HERO and I’d make the costume the next day.
His eyes lit up and he yelled "Dad!"
His dad works long hours and rarely gets a day off. He’s not a lawyer or a doctor, as I’m sure you all can tell already.
He runs a kitchen in a restaurant and comes home greasy, stinky, and exhausted every night. He works really hard to take care of his family.
But he’s d*mn proud of his son, and it was obvious when my son rang every door bell and shouted “TRICK OR TREAT – I’M MY DAD” to strangers all night that he’s really proud of his dad too.
I’m just really happy and wanted to share!
I hope you all had an amazing Halloween!
Everyone who saw the photos were moved by this little boy's costume choice.
One person commented: "Now that is a kid with a good head on his shoulders. You have every right to be proud, the two of you had a hand in that."
"Kids like that boost my faith in the next generation," wrote another person.
A lot of commenters claimed that the post had actually made them tear up — and it's easy to see why.
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