Halloweens of Yore

Let's discuss Halloween. I'm not a big fan. Never have been. I feel like I've gotten better over the years, but I still don't really like it. I'm a scaredy cat, and I don't like being scared. I don't like going to haunted houses, corn mazes or scary movies. I just don't like scary anything. :) I remember being scared as a kid and having to trick-or-treat in the dark with weird people out and about. A couple of years I even stayed home with mom and just passed out candy. This week I thought it would be fun to show you some old Halloween pictures. (Thanks, Mom, for sending them.) It also didn't surprise me that when she sent them, there were more pictures of my sister than of me. :) I'll try to go in chronological order, if possible.

Here I am as a Popple (awesome) and this is Patrick (friend/neighbor) as Raggedy Andy and Mary Alice as Raggedy Ann. Mary Alice's "costume" is really the clothing off of one of our dolls. This was on the Dunigan's front porch.

Here is Mary Alice in an old dance costume. I don't think that this was one of my many dance costumes. Funny thing is, MA never did take dance. You can tell by her horrible turn out. (just kidding!)

Now this looks like fun! I have a feeling we may have been about to bob for apples or something. This was our backyard. Participants: Cowboy, Bill Campbell; Clown, me; next unidentifiable object, Patrick Dunigan; Little white bunny, Mary Alice; Halloween ghost, Claire Hampton and another Raggedy Ann, Lee Carmichael (which makes me laugh a little since her sister's name is Ann!) I remember my clown costume (I don't really like clowns, either), and I liked it because I got to paint my own face.

 Clown and bunny part two. :)

Mary Alice continuing her animal theme, as a duck. With her cool fiber optic light wand. Those are still cool. I question WHY a duck has a painted face. Strange.

Carving pumpkins where we always carved pumpkins - in the kitchen floor. Why we were wearing matching night gowns and robes, you ask? I have no idea. But aren't we cute? MA, you can thank Mom for selecting this gem of a picture.

This image isn't great, but there are four things I wanted to point out. 1. Mary Alice's cool magician costume. She loved magic tricks. Secretly I think she just liked knowing how tricks worked when other people didn't know. 2. Mary Alice's cool candy collecting pail. That was from McDonald's. I remember begging for Happy Meals that were served to us in these classic pails. Some years, they even had some that glowed in the dark! 3. I'm not really wearing a costume. I probably didn't want to, but still needed to wear at least something that was semi-festive in order to trick-or-treat. 4. Over MA's right shoulder is a pumpkin. I think that was MA's pumpkin for the Austin Elementary Carnival, but it was really good, now that I look back on it. It was Raider Red, one of texas tech's mascots. Dad probably forced her to make that, but it really was pretty good now that I look at it. :)

Imagine scary slasher stabbing music as you view this picture. SCARY, isn't it!? MA with a knife. She could've kept that bow and worn it nowadays. (WHY are bows on girls too old to wear them popular right now? WHY?)

MA has a spoon this time. Muuuccch better. :) And I'm wearing my favorite Pampa Taz sweatshirt. Also funny to me that MA has a cheerleader on her shirt.

This is the last one that mom sent. This had to have been when I was in 8th grade - or freshman year of high school (per the hair). We both had bangs. Wow.
And now to some more recent Halloweens.

A Halloween in college. Beth was a goddess (I think), I was Marilyn Monroe and Mandy was an ice princess. If I remember correctly, Beth and Mandy made their costumes earlier that do. Good job, ladies!

This was my Marilyn standing over the grate pose. Pretty good, eh?

I think that this was my favorite Halloween costume ever. Judy Jetson. And Beth was Jane, my mom! Such a fun night and party.

This was Halloween in HI last year at Steve and Marisol's house. We were recycling those costumes (we used them the year before at Steve and Marisol's other party!), but they still looked good!
This year I am going to be volunteering at the museum for the early evening, and then we will make an appearance at a party. Stay tuned for those pics.
Have a safe and happy Halloween, my friends! And if anyone goes to a haunted house or something near by, ask Zac to join you, because I won't go with him! :)
Me ke aloha,
RAWE