Halloween season
It's October 1 which means that Halloween is just right around the corner. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Right along with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day (also Sophie's birthday), St. Patrick's Day (also Martin's birthday), and the Fourth of July. Some of our neighbors started decorating for Halloween over this warm and toasty weekend. It's kind of hard to think about fall when it's as hot as it is in the middle of the summer. But I will admit, I've been thinking about the kids' costumes for awhile. A few weeks ago, Martin told me that he wants to go as Tom and Sophie should go as Jerry. This week, Martin changed his plan and said that he wants to go as Tom dressed up as a firefighter. Double costume, very clever.
My brother, Ryan, was the king of double costumes. He often dressed up as one thing and added elements from another costume. One year he went as a "swimming zebra", wearing a zebra costume and goggles. Now, this memory may be partially true and partially made up (we'll have to see if Ryan or my mom can verify), but I vaguely remember him dressing up as Jesus - also with goggles. Or maybe it was that he borrowed the beard from another costume, I'm not too sure.
One year, my friend Molly (Westrup) Schumal and I went dressed as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
I'm sure it's no surprise to you that we won the "best costume" award at our school that year. We practiced singing "Islands in the Stream" just in case anyone asked us to sing for them. Unfortunately, no one did.
For Martin's first Halloween, I made him do all kinds of stuff. He had two costumes (a penguin and Winnie the Pooh) and I took dozens of pictures of him that he'll hate for his whole life.
I took a great picture of him the day before his first haircut. He woke up before 5:00 AM and his hair was wild. Obviously I had no choice but to take this picture and add a few elements.
That same morning, while Marty was sleeping, I hung a sheet over our front door and placed Martin inside this pumpkin. He could barely stand, having just started to pull himself up to things. He HATED the feeling of the inside of the pumpkin, so I cranked out as many shots as I could in about two minutes.
Long live Halloween. And may I find a way to make Tom & Jerry costumes that require no sewing.
My brother, Ryan, was the king of double costumes. He often dressed up as one thing and added elements from another costume. One year he went as a "swimming zebra", wearing a zebra costume and goggles. Now, this memory may be partially true and partially made up (we'll have to see if Ryan or my mom can verify), but I vaguely remember him dressing up as Jesus - also with goggles. Or maybe it was that he borrowed the beard from another costume, I'm not too sure.
One year, my friend Molly (Westrup) Schumal and I went dressed as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
I'm sure it's no surprise to you that we won the "best costume" award at our school that year. We practiced singing "Islands in the Stream" just in case anyone asked us to sing for them. Unfortunately, no one did.
For Martin's first Halloween, I made him do all kinds of stuff. He had two costumes (a penguin and Winnie the Pooh) and I took dozens of pictures of him that he'll hate for his whole life.
I took a great picture of him the day before his first haircut. He woke up before 5:00 AM and his hair was wild. Obviously I had no choice but to take this picture and add a few elements.
That same morning, while Marty was sleeping, I hung a sheet over our front door and placed Martin inside this pumpkin. He could barely stand, having just started to pull himself up to things. He HATED the feeling of the inside of the pumpkin, so I cranked out as many shots as I could in about two minutes.
Long live Halloween. And may I find a way to make Tom & Jerry costumes that require no sewing.
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