This year no one at my house is dressing up or trick-or-treating. It will be quiet, which is how we all like it. And it's got me reminiscing about all those Halloweens when the boys were wee, and the night was sugar-crazy -- before costumes turned into rubber masks and makeup, or disappeared altogether.
We had critters:
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| Dinosaur Daniel |
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Isty Bitsy Spider Eric
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| Bumblebee Andrew |
We had TV characters:
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| Andrew "Bob the Builder" |
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Daniel "Thomas the Tank Engine"
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We had possible future careers:
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| Pirate Andrew |
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| Firefighter Daniel |
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| Policeman Andrew |
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| Explorer "Davy Crockett" Eric |
We also had some homegrown costumes that were by far the most fun:
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| Daniel & Andrew as skeletons (costumes made by Grandma Mary!) |
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| Robot Daniel (costume made by me & Daniel) |
But of all the costumes, it's the Lil Pumpkin costume that I remember most fondly, perhaps because it went through all three boys:
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| Andrew |
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| Daniel (with Andrew) |
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| Eric (with Andrew) |
Wishing each and every one of you a happy Halloween!
I was always the WORST at coming up with costumes. I remember a black cape that started life as a cat costume, morphed to a witch, and ended up as a cute kitty vampire. Ah, those were the days!
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My funniest memory is when my son decided he would be Santa, & we put together a costume, then he changed his mind, so we scrambled again. He said he didn't want to get people mixed up about which holiday it was. Love that pumpkin costume. This is a big day at school, even some parents come dressed up for our big parade. Happy Halloween, Irene, and thanks for the wonderful memories.
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