Two Weird Halloween Costumes

I'm sure most if not all of you have some weird Halloween kid costume stories, whether it is of you as a youngin' or your youngins'. My story is of myself mainly because my kids are too young.

The first incident, (yes there are more than one) happened in second grade. I had just moved to south Florida with my mom. Back then, we were allowed to dress in costume at school on Halloween. This was the only year I remember wearing a costume at school. I think my selective memory is kicking in…

Before there was Pinterest and Google our imaginations served as the sole purpose of our Halloween creations. My imagination told me that I should go dressed as a homeless person. Yes! My costume was complete with nappy hair, a tattered shirt that had top drinking excuses on it, and my own cardboard sign that said, “Will work for food.” God help me.

The second occasion of my weird Halloween costume was when I was about ten years old. This time I didn’t wear this costume to school, but to trick-or-treat with my family around the neighborhood. Ok wait, here it is, drum roll please… I was a boy. Yep that’s right I decided to dress up as a boy, and no I didn’t have gender identity issues. I basically just put my hair up in a baseball cap, wore a flannel shirt with jeans, and took brown eyeliner made a fake beard. Haha. I even had the neighbors thinking I was a boy! I have always been a trickster. It was certainly fun that’s for sure.

I have always done my own thing. I was not a girly girl. I consider myself as more of the road less traveled kind of gal. That in itself is good insight as to why I would come up with such ideas.

I wish, oh how I wish that I had pictures of those days!

Here are a few pictures of Aiden during Halloween. I am dismayed at this point knowing that my ability to take and organize pictures on my computer is seriously lacking. I plan on scouring the pictures folder for the other two Halloween costumes. Until they are recovered, here are these of my cutie pie. Obviously he has an affinity for super heroes. Hey, I'm ok with that!

What is the craziest costume you or your kids wore?

Have a safe Halloween peeps!

Update:

Thanks to my lovely step-mother I have the other two!

Max the Great

Max is a common name for a dog, but Max is not a common dog. Well after all he is a Golden Retriever, which is a common dog, but the essence of Max is not common. Redundant much? Ha.

This is our ferocious Max. See how he is completely alert to any threatening danger? No? Me either. Since the weather has been so nice outside, I have kept the windows open during the day. He just sits there taking in the moment, the breeze, and quietly guards our home sweet home. When an animal or person walks by he growls a bit, and maybe barks a time or two. He really is a sweet dog, I promise.

Look how precious he is laying his sweet little head on the window sill! He didn't know I was standing there, he doesn't like his picture taken. 

This right here is what life is all about. Life in this moment cannot get any better than this, unless I was eating chocolate... Do you see how Max has become Max the Great? 

Max and Aiden are 6 months apart in age. Don't ask me what I was thinking when I decided to get him when I already had an infant. Nevertheless, it has been worth it. Aiden and Max are the best of friends. It looks like Max already loves Ava too! 

It's Beginning to Smell a Lot Like the Holidays

Let me tell you somethin'! My house smells AMAZING!! This is something that you can do any time of the year. But for some reason, I only think of this when October rolls around. Go figure.

I know what you are thinking right now, "What is that?!" It might look like something that a grizzly regurgitated, but it sure doesn't smell like it. The best thing about this, other than the smell, is that you probably already have these items on hand. 

You can customize this really any way that you want. The "recipe" my mother showed me years ago was just some water, and a couple tablespoons of ground cinnamon. I had an epiphany the other day, and realized that I could customize the scent. I am so proud of myself for thinking outside of the box, or saucepan.  In this case I used:

2 cups water

2 tblpsns ground cinnamon

1 tspn ground nutmeg

1 tspn ground cloves or 5 whole cloves

2 tspns vanilla extract

Just mix it all together in a saucepan, and turn the stove on low and just let it sit. Of course check it from time to time, because the water level will decrease. If it gets too low just add some more water. 

There are so many different ways that you can customize your scent. Aren't you excited? You should be! You can add apple or citrus slices, herbs like rosemary or mint, and a variety of extracts like peppermint, coconut, and almond. The possibilities are endless!!! 

Let me know how it turns out! I would love to hear from you!