{"id":2216,"date":"2009-10-27T16:18:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T00:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2009-10-27T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T00:18:44","slug":"ghosts-of-halloween-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/10\/ghosts-of-halloween-past\/","title":{"rendered":"ghosts of Halloween past"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was a kid, Halloween was never about the costume. I was focused on was the bag of candy ahead. I would usually find something left over from my brothers that could be a costume- like a too small (for them) football uniform. That is one I remember.<\/p>\n

It got more fun when it was my kids dressing up although we started out very casually. I went on a little nostalgia trip today…<\/p>\n

This was the first year with costumes- construction paper circles, cut out and attached to shirts= clowns!<\/p>\n

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We skipped a year- I seem to remember croup.<\/p>\n

Second costume year- sweatshirts with ears and tails= cats. Except Eleanor also wore a frilly skirt and wings, so she was a kitty fairy.<\/p>\n

next was one of my favorite Eleanor costume memories- little Indian girl. Julian was a boy in armor. The armor lasted about 4 houses before he came back home and took it off. It was way too uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

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And then there were 3.<\/p>\n

I put a paint brush in Peter’s hand and, being 6 months old, he held onto it… add a beret and tada- he was an artist! Eleanor was a fairy again, although more traditional this time in a pink tutu. And Julian… well, he found that yellow mask and he really<\/em> wanted to wear it. He put it together with some other dress-ups and told us he was “Love Man”, the most powerful force in the universe. Gotta love that 4 year old brain!<\/p>\n

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Okay, enough of that. So much fun though!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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