Missing Halloween

Posted by Kelly on November 1, 2009 in Life, Skye, Sookie, Starr | 4 comments

Starr was Pocahontas (or just any female Native American) this year for Halloween. I don’t have any pictures yet. I didn’t get to see it in action. She made the outfit herself, using my old clothing. She actually used the sewing machine. I was impressed! And relieved. There is a part of me that wants to help her make the costumes. I love the creative part…how to make it happen. I also love seeing the results of my/our efforts. Although, usually I try to keep it simple because: There is another part of me that is just flat out lazy!!

One of my most recent assists was Minnie Mouse, Starr’s freshman year.

Skye as Pepper (Sookie was Salt!) and Starr Halloween 2007

She had the dress and necklace, we just bought some craft foam and ribbon and I  created her ears–hot glue and a plastic headband! I think this was the simplest costume we ever put together! My kind of costume. She usually opts for cute, but did do a zombie cheerleader one year. We picked up a nifty vintage cheer skirt at the thrift shop. Fun and cheap!

Since I am feeling a little nostalgic about being involved in the festivities tonight, I thought it might be fun to visit a Halloween or two from when she was younger:

At four she was Jasmine, a totally “out of the box” costume, except for that necklace (collar?)—which was something we found in my jewelry box—I think it is from the 80′s. This is the first year she ever actually went out. It was her second costume. At three years old she was a bride, it was really cute, but we didn’t go anywhere. Did I mention LAZY?! Yeah.

She was five, and just HAD to be a clown. I bought the wig, and a little makeup kit, but pulled together the rest from Savers! We will never know why, but she decided that it would be appropriate to say thank you at each house as Elvis Presley, “Thank you, thank you very much,” accent and all. It was totally hilarious! We laughed so hard that night and many nights since just talking about it. Silly girl!

I do miss being involved in the costume creation and although it has been many years since I walked with her on her rounds, I miss that too.

I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween!