Happy Halloween! (The best time to be a kid!!)

Happy Halloween! This is me when I was two. My Mother loved to make Halloween costumes. I am so glad she put an undershirt underneath my bikini top.

Here I am a year later, trick or treat! I am dressed as an Indian maiden, the costume was made from a burlap sack. I grew up on a farm (see the cows in the background,)  feed sacks made great Halloween costumes.

Note my little hand sticking out, I am not posing. I remember this moment like yesterday... That costume itched! I stuck out my arm because my Mother told me not to scratch, but that costume was rough! Dig the moccasins?

This is me at three years of age, (the last Halloween photo of me and my Mother's Homemade Halloween costumes... I bet you thought you were going to see me in costumes from the age of two to fifty...sorry ghouls. Though  I wish I had a photo of when I was dressed as a lady bug at Twenty Eight! Or a photo of myself dressed like a mermaid and out of gas on the freeway at midnight.)

My Mother made matching Mr. and Mrs. Ghost costumes for me and my brother. My brother (Marty commentor name: Orama) is younger than me, my Mother wanted me to dress as the Mr. Ghost since I was taller. I threw a fit and refused to be the guy at Halloween.  My Mother was disappointed but agreed.

I love the eyebrows, don't you?

Comments

[Laume]

and the word should be "word", not "world" - the entire WORLD isn't getting old! Just my fingers at the keyboard apparently

[Laume]

Such sweet old photographs. Sorry 'bout the use of the world "old". It's not just you. My childhood photos look vintage now too! I'm glad you threw a fit and got to be the girl ghost. The eyebrows are the "cat's pajamas".

[Marva]

Corey - you're only a year older than I am! :) Love your pics, wish my parents had taken more of me. I use them alot in my artwork. Marva

[marybeth]

ohhh Dear Corey,

your photos are priceless-just like you.

What a Blessing to have your entire history so lovingly documented.

Thank You for sharing

xo
mb

[Jenny Rebecca]

You are too cute!!!

[mary]

lovely !!!

[Tamara Giselle]

Thank goodness for photos. Today's children's memories may be lost because they are on digital and most people I know don't print the pictures and they are easily lost with one little technical glitch. I know, it has happended to me.

Corey you were(are) adorable.

[la vie en rose]

you are just too cute for words!

[*Heidi*]

Love these! I have no pictures of myself in costumes...we are the same age so these could have easily been me? Or not, they are you, but I'll pretend they could have been mine! Thanks for sharing these precious pictures!

[tinker]

Oh I love mermaids - I wish you'd had a picture of that, too - though sorry about the 'being out of gas' part! Love these little costumes - I can imagine how itchy the burlap must have been though - I remember being one itchy little scarecrow! Though it's late, I'm wishing you a Happy Halloween dear Corey~xo

[Paul-ene]

Love the photos ...thanks for sharing!

Happy Blog Party and Halloween!

[Kitem]

So many comments already, Yesss the costumes are beautiful. Same smile now and then.

[cheeky]

I'm never disappointed with what you share. I love that your mom made the costumes. The good old days, huh?
What do you mean you didn't have your camera with you as the ladybug and when you were stranded on the side of the freeway? I mean, "REALLY" Corey! tee hee

xo

[Elaine L.]

Priceless pictures!

The first costume, I remember, was me dressed as a gypsy. I was in first grade and had long hair. I must have looked pretty glamorous, because I remember a boy in my class, named Lee, who gave me a kiss.

Actually, I do remember seeing gypsies and thought they were beautiful with their brightly colored skirts, and all the bracelets. This was in Los Angeles, CA around 1957.

~elaine~

[tlchang]

Love the darling costumed toddler pictures (especially that you had to have a mask on as part of those costumes as well).

I am older than my brother and we 'had' to dress up the same for a number of years as well. I think we were clowns for three or four years in a row. (Unisex costume! As I got too tall for mine, he inherited it, and mom just made a larger one for me... I so hated that costume by the time I was able to talk her out of it!)

[naturegirl]

((((((((HAPPY HALLOWEEN)))))
I just flew in on a witches broom!
I am having a blast visiting all the
(((GOULS))) in Bloglandia!

Sweet photos and memories!!
witches hugs and bats Anna xo

[bejeweled]

What super cute photos of little you!! Just priceless!

[Hasmin]

Corey, I love the fact that you have photos to capture your childhood, especially during Hallows Eve. Mommy Amaro is sooo cool with her creative costumes! Do I see a "hula girl" in the first pic? :-) The indian costume is soooo adorable...sorry it itched like crazy, but you looked so darn cute (what's the saying? it's better to look good, than to feel good..LOL) The ghost is hauntingly funny!

[queen of the carnivale]

Oh my gosh- I could eat you up! Too cute!!! Your mother certainly knew how to put a costume together...

Happy Halloween my Dearie!

[MaryC]

Oh those are precious! I love that you have little masks on in the first two photos. My mom made all of our costumes too and I loved seeing what we would come up with each year. It's such a fun tradition!

[elsa]

cute corey. i think it is wonderful that you have access to these photos. really wonderful!

happy halloween!!!!

[jen]

OH priceless pics Corey. Aren't we the lucky ones to have been born at that time? It really was just the best. Thanks for sharing!

[maddie]

You are so very precious!

cute as a button!

or a little ghoul!

[Leslie M]

How precious! Thanks for sharing these pictures. My youngest son is named Corey.

Great name.

[M erisi's Vienna]

*giggle*
I hope you had a fun Halloween Eve!
I used to also make the costumes for my kids.
One year I did the ghost version. Very close to your mother's, only that I wisely used a separate piece of fabric for the head. No rope around the neck, but they looked you know like those brothers from the Clan. ooooooooooooooohoooooo :-(

[susanna]

Awwww! Those are terrific homemade costumes and what wonderful photos of you, Corey. So cute! Happy Halloween from the States! :)

[vivianneroni]

happy halloween! I love the pictures of you !!! your mother is very creative! I always made my kids costumes too. sort of miss that!
have a great night!

[somepinkflowers]

my mom made those cloth masks
for us, too,
where you cut the holes in fabric.

:-)

i wish kids
had that kind these days
rather than those plastic ones...

hard to take good snapshots
and they look so charming...

[beachy]

Treasured photos of a precious girl (lady)! Happy Halloween!

[fleur]

How adorable!!! Love these pics and this post.

[Jo Anne Owens]

Adorable! Wish I had pictures of myself in costume...alas, none survive! Have a great time at the party!

[Betty @ She's Sew Pretty]

cute, cute, cute! What precious pictures and memories. Happy Halloween Corey!

[Ellen Cassilly]

Great images! I'm going as Lizard Girl tonight. She was an underrated super hero. You might not have heard about her.
Happy Halloween. E

[Sheila]

The photos are so cute..!
I can imagine how itchy that sack was..!

[Donna O.]

Woo-hoo!! Check out the "gams" on that little Indian Maiden!
Happy Hallowe'en Corey!!
D.

[julieholvik]

So like your mother, so much detail to each costume. You were a doll. Happy Hollow

[Shin]

The pictures are adorable. I wish I could see your mermaid outfit too

[PEA]

Happy Halloween to you too:-) Awwww I so loved the pictures of you in your Halloween costumes as a little girl, so adorable! I remember people using burlap bags to make costumes...itchy just thinking of it! lol xo

[Ursula Shaw]

Great photos! Happy Halloween

[Blondie]

So great! I love it. Perhaps I will post a picture of me when I was little, dressed as a peanut vender or tube of toothpaste.

[Jungle Dream Pagoda]

Supercalifragilistically adorable!!!!
Happy H-Day !!!

[Connie...Altered Route]

Great memories, eh!! Wish my folks would have taken pictures...
Connie

[Karen Cole]

I want more pictures!!!!

I was scrambling to find some old ones of my own, but couldn't. I had a few from the 70's but I wouldn't want anyone to see those!!!

Happy Halloween

[Kit]

Such gorgeous pics to have and I was looking forward to your whole history of costumes up to the present day!

We didn't have the tradition of Halloween - had to wait for Bonfire Night on the 5th of November and then the dressed up one was the guy to go on top of the fire, so we didn't wear masks just in case!

[Orama]

Wow, great old photos Corey.
The love and care Mom put into those homemade, one of a kind outfits, for you and I was a reflexion of how much she loved us. Funny, how after Mathew was born we started getting the cheap 5 & dime costumes.

[Julie Ann]

Trick or treat cutie ?

[Angie]

Love The Pictures & Great Costumes, Happy Halloween :)

Angie
www.scrapnmomsmoments.blogspot.com

[qualcosa di bello]

how sweet you were & still are!!!

[Sandra Evertson]

What a cute little ghost you were!
Sandra Evertson

[Alison Whittington]

Happy Halloween! Wonderful pictures, Corey!

Now I am inspired to go search for my family Halloween photos.