When I was little, I loved me some Halloween. Much thought was put into my costumes every year, though many years I landed on the traditional witch getup, pointy hat and all.
(I’m trying not to draw any connection between me being a mean ol’ witch and Ashley being the cute little clown girl….)
Another favorite and recurring costume was that of the cavegirl, which – I cannot believe – I don’t have a picture of. That one was done for several years in a row, I think, and it involved an animal print little toga looking thingy, black tights (because it was a little chilly and I was modest), and bracelets that looked like bones. Yeah. One year I was also a bunny rabbit (stark contrast to the other costumes, no?). Apparently, too, I was a clown at some point.
Who knows? That one might not have even been Halloween. =)
Halloween traditions in my family included: Halloween chili supper and carnival at my school (to which we got to wear our costumes!), hot dog supper the night of Halloween, trick or treating in the neighborhood. In some of my really early years, Mom and Dad really did the house up real fancy like, with lights and music and lots of creepy stuff.
Watch out for pictures of Leah’s first costume, coming next week. It’s just too cute.
2 of your thoughts:
This will be the first year ever that I'll hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. I still it's an evil holiday and I hate the premise of it but I have absolutely no problem watching the cute kids in costume come up to my door begging for treats. If they don't come in this neighborhood I'll be heartbroken. And I must say it's killing me not to break into the bag of mini snickers bars that are sitting on the counter. I was going to be a health-conscious mom and hand out granola bars but Dave said the kids would hate us if we did that so I broke in and bought chocolate. Dang it! Noelle's crying AGAIN! Honestly, she doesn't know how to be happy sometimes unless she's held. Gotta go.
Jessica, I've laughed until I've nearly wet my pants at these pictures! I'll have to go back and see if I can find some more. You know you really didn't like Halloween when you were little. You'd sit on the couch sucking your finger, holding your towel as securely as you could while the rest of the family did their thing. When you overcame the fear of it all, you did it with a bang!
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