The Strohl’s house has a craft room. In that craft room there were a pair of clothing racks. These racks were filled with costumes. Most of the costumes were sized perfectly for Gleek. Over the course of our stay, Gleek tried on at least 20 different outfits. Most of them were various forms of princess. But once she discovered a set of huge feathered wings, all the costumes were winged. These costumes were impressive and beautiful. Several times I found myself wishing they were in my size so I could try them on.
The costumes were particularly in evidence on the night of the Schlockfest party. Gleek, Kiki, and the Strohl girl all wandered past to get food. Each time they did, they were wearing something different. They were not just wearing different clothes, they were being something different. The next day I got to sort out the resulting costume mess. None of them put a single costume back and so there was much sorting and re-hanging to do.
We have dress-up clothes here for the kids, but none of our costumes are as wonderfully lavish as at the Strohls. Mostly ours are left over homemade halloween costumes. They’re all a bit ratty from being worn and left on the floor and shoved into a great big tub for storage. I would love to be able to create a costume space to hang them all, but I just don’t have a place in our house to devote to that.