As you probably know, I don't get excited about holidays...holidays to me are STRESS and I don't even have much of a family to celebrate with.
This isn't about Family. This is about Money and Costumes and fulfilling your kids desires.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim Purim is coming up. This coming Sunday DS will need to go in costume to kindergarten. For a while this year he wanted to be a Pirate, but he recently had a change of heart, he now wants to be a Pilot...but I can't find Pilot costumes.
I've been to two places, Toys 'R Us and Kfar HaShashueem. The latter had a very poor selection. Toy's 'R Us, is EXPENSIVE they all cost 90 - 110 shekels ($25-30) for synthetic crap that can go up in flames and yet no Pilot in sight.
DS doesn't really care too much anyway. That is the impression I get from him.
He recently watched Transformers on You Tube (the cartoon from the 90's) and said he wanted to be a Transformer. It's possible I'll find a Transformer, but I doubt he'll want to wear the mask.
DD is easy. I made her a strawberry hat (true it came out too big). I bought some felt to make a leafy collar. She's going as a Strawberry.