Throw Back Thursday....Halloween Costumes through the years......how I miss those little kid excited costume days....

Halloween is almost here, and with teens I'm not sure if they are going to dress up or not...I'm thinking they are not as we have not bought any supplies.  But I have had fun looking at my dressed up little ones.  The younger years they seem to have dressed up as characters that they loved.  This photo is of their love of Winnie The Pooh.  And the funny thing is my daughter is still a Eeyore type of person, sometimes gloomy, and always loves a cloudy day.

She was just so cute as Eeyore!

We went from Winnie the Pooh to Clifford and Blues Clues.  This year we actually spent Halloween at my parents.

The next year found us loving Blue's Clues again, Scooby Doo, and the Wiggles!  My husband looked kind of cool as Greg Wiggle and the neighborhood kids loved it.  

This was the year of the zombie and Winks club fairy. We had such fun going around the neighborhood.  These were the years that the bags of candy got a bit overwhelming.

This year my son was a Zombie hobo, my daughter was a cat...Think she was hoping we would get a cat too...

This is the year I think I really loved their costumes.  My son looks great as Indiana Jones, and my daughter she was.....

Road Kill Cat!  I think of all her costumes I liked this one best.  Something we made from other old costumes.

Well tomorrow is Halloween and I hope you all have a safe and happy one!

G.G.

Throw Back Thursday....A Day late.....More pumpkin patch memories!

Halloween is almost here.....I can't believe how fast this month has flown by.  I had today off and for some rest and relaxation I looked through all the old scrapbooks and thought of all the fun we had when the kids were young at Halloween time.  One year instead of going to the pumpkin patch we went on the corn maze.  The kids had a great time jumping out at us from the corn stalks.

Don't they look scary!

I love this photo of my son, I almost think this was a pumpkin that grew in my flower garden.

Time spent with grandparents was always wonderful.

Here is when we took my daughter to the pumpkin patch for the first time...She is only 9 months old and already walking....That was a bitter sweet moment for me as I knew there would be no more little babies..she seemed to grow up so much faster as she was always trying to catch up to her brother.

I miss the young child joy that came with holidays.  I don't even know if the mature teen's will dress up this year.  Perhaps the fun this year will be watching the young families around us.. But if I don't hide the candy we will have to put a sign on the door, "no treat's here we ate them all!"  As somehow everyone keeps finding the Halloween candy and eating it.
Happy Fall!
G.G.

# Throw Back Thursday.....The Pumpkin Patch part 1

October brings back memories of the pumpkin patch.  I'm not sure what year my parents started coming down to New Jersey and taking us, but I know we all loved it.  

Some years it was really warm, and other years it was pretty cold.  We would go and ride in a wagon full of hay out to the pumpkin patch and pick the perfect pumpkin for our house.

The kids always had fun running around looking at all the pumpkins and picking one out.  And after there was a bounce house, pony ride and lunch to enjoy.

And they always had a place for taking a nice family photo

Looks like he would have fun driving this big tractor around.

I'm so glad my parents made their whirl wind trips down and took us every year to the pumpkin patch.  What great memories!

Happy Thursday.

# She Kicks like a Girl......And I'm So Proud of Her!

My Daughter is in Karate, and she loves it.  She doesn't love her photo taken and she is very humble about her ability.  Here she is heading towards her Karate Challenge.  She didn't want any photo's taken... What she forgets to realize is that she has family in far away places that want to see photo's of what she is doing.

I liked the invitation to the Challenge this year.  Great inspiring quotes.  I see so many commercials about #like a girl... And I thought you know, my daughter does great in the sport she is in.  The say she has a beautiful kick, and she has kicked a few people in the head.  And believe me you don't want to get kicked in the head by her!  This year she competed in all 3 events for her age and did wonderful!

The first event was Kata's. She got 2nd place for this.  I like this event as it is almost like a dance, I wish I had the ability to actually think of how she is defending herself from the different attackers.

Then she competed in the techniques class.  She looked really great and had a great attacker!  She placed first for this event.

She and the others her age all worked hard and it was nice that each of them placed first in one event.

The next event was sparing.... Mom....stop taking photo's of me!  I really don't like watching this as she is a brown belt and can be hit in the head.... That makes me nervous.  But she just has no fear, or at least it looks that way!

The competition was intense, but she place second and she worked hard for it.

It would be nice to be able to video with out the world walking in front of you, but I guess I'm just happy to have it recorded so her grandparents can see it.

I did tell my daughter that I thought a Karate Challenge was easier than a horse show, you only have to deal with one nervous teen, instead of a nervous teen and horse.  It was a great event.  And I have to say I'd be afraid of this girls kicks!
G.G.