Halloween in Oz

    We had a fantastic Halloween this year!  Many months ago, my sister bought Clare a pair of ruby red slippers.  Clare adores them and wears them every single day.  When every person we met called her Dorthy, we finally watched the Wizard of Oz with Clare for the 1st time. 

     In the first 10 minutes of the film, while it's still in black and white, Dorthy's mean neighbor takes Todo away from her to take to the pound.  I looked over to see tears rolling down Clare cheeks.  I hadn't even remembered that part of the film, and my little girl was already so emotionally invested in the movie to cry about the dog.  Oh, dear.  I had no idea what an emotional roller coaster I had gotten us into.  She cheered for the munchkins, laughed with the Tin man, and hid from the Wicked Witch.  When the Wizard of Oz tries to take Dorthy home in his hot air balloon, but it goes up without her, Clare looked at me and said, "I can't watch anymore."  I knew she just had to hold on 5 more minutes till Glenda the Good Witch showed her to click her ruby slippers, so I begged her to wait for the happy ending.  In the end, it was all smiles and excitement over watching the movie.

     So in honor of her new favorite movie, we decided to dress the whole family up as the Oz gang.  Originally, she had requested Kevin to be the Wicked Witch.  Even though  a green witch with a goatee would have been attractive, we talked her out of that scenario. 

 I don't know if we'll always dress up as a family, but so far we've really loved it.  And just because I'm a sap for little kids costumes, here's a little walk through our Halloween Past!

2011

 

2010

 

2009