Just For Fun

As I was browsing through some of my pictures last night, I realized that I have a digital photo of almost every Halloween since Haleigh was born. Almost, because somehow I missed her second Halloween in 2002. It was her first one in Washington, and I can assure you she was a very sparkly, beautiful pink fairy, complete with magic wand. That was also the last year I picked out her costume.

In exhibit #1 (above) I think it is completely obvious that I was a giddy first-time mom. She looked adorable and we have some fabulous pictures of that first Halloween, but we were also still in Georgia - and she was a little warm in that get-up! She was also much more interested in eating leaves than taking pictures, but I will never forget how precious she looked traipsing around her great-grandmother's yard. She had just started walking (just under 10 months old!) and I personally can't get enough of wobbly little babies taking bow-legged strides of excitement. Add a butterfly costume and it's pure bliss.

2003 was the year of Disney princesses. Matt bought Snow White the movie for her when she was about 6 months old, rationalizing that she was going to love it one day, and we needed to get it before it went back in the vault! He was so right.

2004 started a cat trend. We found a black fuzzy leotard with long sleeves and pants (very important for northwest trick-or-treating), and made a tail out of a boa. This was the result: Haleigh in all her black cat glory, a.k.a. The Cutest Picture in the Universe.

2005 arrived and she wanted to be a tiger. I couldn't find a tiger costume anywere, so this one had to be ordered online. I think it turned out fabulous. I also think my kid might be the cutest kid to grace this earth . . . at least this year.

See, things started to get dark after that. She decided that "Halloween is supposed to be SCARY, mom!!!" So, for 2006 she wanted to be a witch. I tried to keep it as cute as possible (notice the silver sequins on the dress). Here she is with her friend Darth Vader.

Last year she outdid herself. 2007 was the year of the scary ghost. We had a lot of fun with that one, and I think she looks like the Ghost of Christmas Past. She was very into this costume.

And, of course this year she was Catwoman (see below). That was serendipitous find. Amazingly she wasn't at all interested in all the little tartlet outfits at Party City that attempt to make our little girls look like Playboy Bunnies. I'll be glad when that trend is over. Exhausted and hungry, with no costume solution in sight, we stopped at a small local costume shop and voila! There was Catwoman on the bottom shelf. Problem solved!

I hope you all had wonderful Halloweens! Thanks for indulging me in my trip down memory lane.