AH Halloween, A time where you can dress up and be
any one or thing you want to be. In my youth I remember
dressing up but in my children's childhood they were many
things this is just one of my favorites of them
a Ballerina and Robin Hood , The Robin Hood outfit
was homemade from a sweatshirt and it also was used one
year as Peter Pan and another year as Tinker Bell.
there were The Red and Pink Power Rangers , we had a
Rag doll one year and then of course a witch, ninja, a scary white
masked guy. Cruella De ville and many others over the years.
but a few years ago as they decided it would be the last time
they dressed for Halloween my son decided to be Charlie Chaplin
and he did look the part!! even portrayed Mr. Chaplin's walk from
his little Tramp movies!! everywhere he walked in the neighborhood
they kept saying wow he is Charlie Chaplin, My Daughter decided
she was ready to give up the candy bit but loved the dress up still
last year she used her imagination and at created a last minute
costume of being all things recyclable for instance she used a
Garbage liner as the main part of her costume and then cut and
glued a bunch of recyclable things to it and won a prize!! she made this
costume in less than an hour!
this year she is just being a fairy of her own creation.
the joy and fun of watching all children letting their imagination
soar to all things on Halloween is fun. watching them use
their imagination on a daily basis is priceless!
Happy Halloween or as I used to tell my kids
when they were young
Happy Imagination Day!!!
