Saturday, November 11, 2017

A Halloween Retrospective- Updated for 2018


 Some of you may not realize how much Halloween has been a part of my life. Really- my whole life. There are two reasons for this; 1. My mom loves to dress up (and dress up her kids) and 2. My birthday is two days after Halloween on November 2nd. I have had a number of birthdays that involved dressing up in costume. Since we make a big deal of Halloween here, we thought it would be good to have one place for all the pictures of all my costumes. So, I'll start with this year... 
                                  2018- Harry Potter
 On Halloween last year my mom already knew what we had to be this year- Harry Potter! We are HUGE HP fans and it was easy to turn my greased lightening car into the Hogwarts Express. I, of course, was Harry, my brother Liam was Ron Weasley, Addy was Hermione Grainger and my mom was Hedwig- the owl! Our April was Professor Trelawney. Dad worked up to the last minute as usual to get all of the details just right. My Grandma made the stickers for the sides of the train.




 
2017- Grease
My sister had the great idea that we should be the characters from Grease! We watched the show this summer and LOVED IT! My brother and sister are always playing the sound track around the house. Of course, we had to make my wheelchair into Greased Lightning! My Dad worked really hard to get this thing moving! It had some trouble rolling at first, but he always comes through to make sure it looks great!






2016- Red Baron
Last year I was a pilot! My airplane barely stayed together through Halloween, but it was still really cool. It had a spinning propeller. Dad had a great design, but the materials didn't hold up!

2015- Bull Rider
In 2015 we were cowboys and girls. I was a bull rider, as you can see from the giant bull on my chair! Mom and Dad were a little worried how this one was going to turn out- but it ended  up looking pretty good!

2014- Coast Guardsman
This year I wanted to dress like my Dad, so he made me a Coast Guard boat just like he drives. I had a uniform with my name on it too. It made a cool siren sound and had lights. My sibling and I were all first responders- Coastie, Policeman, and Firefighter.



2013- Firefighter
My fire truck had some fun accessories. It had all kinds of lights and a siren also.  My brother was a witch and my sister was a princess that year. Dad says anything with lights and sirens is a winner!
2012- Pirate
This was the first year we made a wheelchair costume. Mom was really excited to put it together. It had a skull on top of the mast with light up eyes, and skull lights all around the sides. My brother and sister were pirates too!


2011- Tin Man
 This year we were all from the Wizard of Oz. I was the tin man- this isn't a great picture. My brother was the scarecrow and my sister was the lion. Mom was Dorothy of course.

2010- Punk Rocker
This was a great costume year! My mom called us The Decades, and we dressed from different eras. I was a punk rocker- can you see my nose ring and tattoos? My mom and sister were from the 50's and my brother was from the 70's- he had an afro and leisure suit.




2009- Scarecrow
This year we did the Wizard of Oz for the first time. We didn't have my sister yet, so I was the scarecrow and Liam was the lion. Mom was Dorothy and my Auntie Lexi was a witch. I had a costume birthday party that year. We had a little train ride come to our neighborhood and my mom made cool spider cupcakes.


2008- Mouse
This was the first year we lived in Rio Vista. I was a mouse and Liam was a pea pod.

2007- Curious George
On my second Halloween I had a costume party for my birthday. I was Curious George with a banana on my head. My mom was the Man with the Yellow Hat.


2006- Lobster
On my first Halloween I was almost 1 year old. My mom dressed me as a lobster! Little did we know that we would eventually move to Cape Cod!



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