I'm So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It!

I can't wait for Friday. In honor of Halloween I decided to round up pictures of Halloween past.
This is Paul and I on our first Halloween as a married couple (1996). I had gotten this faux fur from a neighbor. She bought it to make a giant teddy bear but never got around to it. She would probably die if she knew I made it into a caveman costume. Somehow I convinced him that it would be a good idea to dress up. I don't think that he has worn a costume since.

Emma was right at five weeks for her first Halloween. I made a dalmatian costume out of felt and one of her sleepers. She was so cute in her tail and floppy ears but everyone kept calling her a cow.
The next year I made Emma into an M&M(1999). This was a pretty easy costume to make and she stayed nice and warm. We spent that Halloween in Utah visiting her twin cousins who were just two months old.

This was the last year (2000) that I made a homemade costume. I was pregnant with Andrew and once he came there was no time left for sewing. I am still not sure how I managed to make this. I don't think that I have sewn anything requiring a pattern since.

This was Andrew's first Halloween. (2001)I loved the idea of having the kids in themed costumes. He was right at six month and was just learning to sit on his own. If we didn't have him propped up just right he would fall over and his padded belly would stick up. He looked like a bug stuck on its back. Paul and I couldn't help but crack up laughing at him. The next year we stuck with the Disney theme. Andrew was mobile at this point making it almost impossible to get a photo of both of the kids together. (2002)This was our first Halloween living in Utah. (2003) Look at all of that wretched white stuff. Barf! It was sooo cold that night that Emma started crying that she was freezing to death and all of her green make-up streaked down her face. Poor little thing. Welcome to Utah.

The weather was much better this year. (2004)We had a toasty warm unicorn and Frankenstein. This was also Emma's first year at public school where she got to do the school parade. I went to help out in her class room feeling very festive in my orange shirt and Halloween argyle socks. When I got there I was shocked at how many parents came in costume. It was on. From that point forward I started dressing up again. This year (2005) I was an Elizabethan Queen, Andrew was Darth Vader and Emma was a butterfly (She isn't a regular fly, I swear!) I loved this costume. It was so much fun dressing up again. We had a great time that year.In 2006 Emma was a geisha, Andrew was a dinosaur and I was a red and black devil thing. This was the first year that they kids just went and went and went. It take a lot of energy to trick or treat this neighborhood with all the hills but they just kept plugging along. They got so much candy that they had to empty their bags and then they went out for more.

In 2007 and we were all spooky gouls. Emma and I (you can see me in costume in older posts) were Spider Web Ghosts and Andrew was the Guaze Reaper.

Have I mentioned that I am excited for Friday? Hip Hip Hooray for Halloween!