jennickels: (sg1: jack/sam_2010)
Another year down. This one was easy, though. I forgot in 2009 that only Nora and Brenna dressed up. Owen ended up getting the flu (the one and only time any of my kids have had the flu) and spent all weekend in bed. Poor kid. I actually got a call on Friday (the day before Halloween) to come get Owen because he was dizzy and pale. He didn't even make it to the costume parade. Meagan flat out refused to dress up and didn't go trick-or-treating with us.

Brenna was almost 7 and Nora was 3 1/2. The clown costume I made for Brenna when she was 4 (2006).

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jennickels: (sg1: jack/sam_2010)
Next set is up. I really need to quit making these and work on my 9 page paper that is due in a little over 8 hours (YIKES!), but I had to finish these up.

For those wondering, the costume Owen is wearing is made of clothes I bought at the Salvation Army in 1997 (I think) as my own costume. Brenna's costume I mad, sans pattern, in 2007 for Meagan. It was made to fit her body so the belt with the tail almost didn't fit around Brenna's normal sized frame (she was almost 8 in 2010). Nora's costume I started in 2005, but we ended up not going out that year because I was sick and it was freezing out. I finished it in 2006 for Meagan to wear. I also knit the hat Jack was wearing (without a pattern--I finished it just in time to go trick-or-treating).

Meagan was 10, Owen had just turned 9, Brenna was going to turn 8 the next week, Nora was 4 1/2, and Jack was 3 1/2 months old.

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jennickels: (sg1: jack/sam_2010)
Continuing on the theme of Halloween, I bring you 2011.

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jennickels: (sg1: jack/sam_2010)
So, procrastinating from writing my English paper. Got 2012 Halloween photos done for mini album.

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halloween

1 Nov 2011 08:03 am
jennickels: (kids: 2011)

I've debated even writing this post but I'd like to show off how cute the kids looked.


Expandlots of pictures of the kids in costume )I'll refrain from posting the rest I wrote.  It's not important.

I don't think I'm going to be around any more.  I can't deal with life any more.
jennickels: (kids: big family)

My little history post got me thinking about Halloween and how I can still pretty easily remember what the kids wore each year thanks mostly to the pictures.  It's a lot to remember, though.  Five kids over 11 years of costumes.  So this post is to put those memories to words and pictures.

And to show off my awesome costume making skills.  Enjoy.

Halloween 2000: Meagan was only 4 months old and I was so sick with the flu I couldn't talk.  But the weather in Chicago was GORGEOUS.  I mean I don't recall ever having weather like that when I was a kid.  Heck, when I was growing up you bought or made costumes 4 sizes too big because you had to fit your heavy winter coat (and, sometimes snowpants) under it.  But in 2000 it was in the upper 60s and my neighbors were passing out candy so I dressed Meagan in this orange shirt we bought her at the GAP.  Yes, I remember the shirt exactly (it had little pictures of pumpkins printed on the front with one square made of that ridged material that creates the illusion of movement...or, in this case, makes the scratchy noise that entertained her for hours as a baby).  I remember this because Jack still wears that shirt.  We bought it earlier that month on the sales racks for like $4 along with a yellow one (it had a duck on the front).  I regret with all my heart we were too broke to buy more because 11 years and 4 kids later they are still being worn.  The printed pictures have worn off but the fabric is in perfect condition.  Anyway, we sat outside with the neighbors for an hour or so.

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