My son woke me up at 5:55am to help him dress up as a superhero for school.

He wanted me to paint him all white to be Ice Man. "Hmm," I said, "no."

I also explained to him that he has a killer Capt. America costume from Halloween...but...he said..."no."

After some discussion...I convinced him to be one of the X-Men. And...his brother and I had a crafty morning designing the belt and shoulder thingy for...

Cyclops....

he felt pretty cool...as did his dad

...sometimes the best costumes are home-made