My nephews are planning on dressing as Mario and Luigi. My niece is going as Princess Peach. My sister is going as Yoshi and her husband is going to be Donkey Kong. I'm going as Bowser. The kids' trick or treat buckets are going to look like those power up blocks that Mario had to hit to get the coins. We're also decorating their power wheel jeep to make it look like a Mario kart.

The boys' costumes are getting bought at the halloween store, mostly because they've already seen them there and they are chomping at the bit to get them next week. My niece is making her costume. She's a teenager and we didn't find anything that she liked that was close enough to pass as Princess Peach. The rest of us are going to make costumes reusing the parts of costumes past.