Halloweens Past

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! From the dressing up, to the excitement on the kids' faces as they yell "trick-or-treat", to the dumping out and sorting of the candy afterwards! We love carving pumpkins and lighting the Jack O' lanterns. We usually have everyone over for Chili and cornbread and then a few of us stay home to hand out candy while the rest hit the streets in search of thrills! The kids stare out the window, waiting so patiently for the sun to go down or for the first sign that other kids are already out trick or treating.

Since they didn't have blogs when Kamryn was born, or digital pictures, I went back through stacks of old photos to find pictures of Halloween's past.

2000 -- Tinkerbell

Kamryn had no idea what she wanted to be at 10 months, so we picked this for her. I remember her loving the wand and all the attention she got going around the neighborhood.

2001 -- Elmo

Kamryn knew exactly what she wanted to be at 22 months and it was this! I remember searching the Internet for days trying to find an affordable Elmo costume. After she had it on, she was sweaty as can be. This was the first year she actually understood that all she had to do was be cute and she'd get a bucket full of candy.

2002 -- Sassy Cat

Kamryn was so excited to be a cat... but not just any cat... a SASSY one. We searched for the perfect cat costume and then she found this little number. She had so much fun this Halloween! Fun little fact.. she was the same age here as Owen is now.

2003 -- Flying Unicorn

I'm pretty sure Kamryn picked this costume because she was obsessed with horses at the time. She loved that it was not only a horse, but a sparkly one with WINGS!! 2004 -- Cat woman

Don't ask. Ha. We have no idea where she came up with the idea, but she insisted on dressing up as Cat woman. She wanted the whip and the knee high boots and thank goodness I found a modest one that looked just like Halle Berry's Cat woman. My sister in law found the pictures from this halloween... I thought they were lost forever. Here's Rylee the Tinkerbell, Kamryn as Catwoman and Connor as a Power Ranger? 2005 -- Pocahontas

This costume was love at first sight! I'm pretty sure she found it in the Disney catalog and just had to have it. We did a lot of trick-or-treating this year. Gigi made the cutest JoJo ever.

2006 -- Super Kamryn

Kamryn wanted to wear her old dance costume this year and she wanted to be "Super Kamryn". She wanted to be her OWN superhero. I made a cape and there you have it. Gigi was funny this year as she ran around the neighborhood with the broom between her legs the entire night. 2007 -- Monster Bride

This was one of my favorite costumes! We had a great Halloween, even mister Owen had some candy. I was 7 months preggers with him here and we had just learned about his heart a few weeks prior. 2008 -- Vampire and the Lion

This was Owen's first Halloween and Kamryn was thrilled to have a new baby brother. Halloween fell just a week after we were told he would need a transplant. Owen was less than thrilled to be dressed up and spent most of the night in his diaper. I only got a couple pictures of him in costume.
Kamryn was dying to be a vampire! The vamp, the Lion and the pirate. This little lion cub was not having it. 2009 -- Dorothy and the Tin Man

This Halloween was crazy as we had just spent a week at Stanford because Owen wasn't gaining weight and they wanted to cath him. We drove 12 hours home, got changed and went trick-or-treating. We were all SO exhausted, but had a great time! Owen loved his Tin Man costume and Kamryn made the cutest Dorothy ever.

Halloween 2010 is in just a couple days. We are excited to dress up and Owen has been working on his "Tick-er-Treeeeeet". He loves to carry his pumpy bag around everywhere and fill it up with toys.

Funny Story..

Today he decided that he was NOT going to be a minion anymore, but instead wanted to be Elmo. We went to the store to pick up an Elmo costume and he was thrilled! I needed to try it on him and in the process he got freaked out and said "NO ELMO!!!" Apparently he didn't like the fur on Elmo all over him and he got some in his mouth... this led to puking. After that he said "no Elmo mommy... MINION!!!" We came home and tried on his minion costume and he hasn't looked back. Sorry Elmo.

I hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!! I know we will.