Early in the design process for this year’s house, I drew the sketch that you see to the right.  I showed it to Michelle and she quickly said, “No.”  Even from this simple sketch, she figured out what I was planning to do.

“What would a Nemo house be like without Crush the sea turtle greeting folks with a friendly ‘Welcome, Dude’?” I thought to myself, “It would be a great costume!”  But Michelle, who knows how long custom-built costumes take to make, wanted to make sure that I didn’t overbook my prep time too early in the design process.

Fortunately, another idea for costumes presented itself (one that we are more excited about), so if you are looking for Crush on Halloween night, you may have to look some place other than my costume.