Costumes of the Past

To prepare for the final day before Halloween and the unveiling of Maxwell James Hauck's
costume (I know you're all waiting in great anticipation)...I thought we'd take another stroll through the archives of Halloween pasts :)
 

2008
(living with Auntie Stacy at "The Nut" aka Chesnut Hill)
This year we headed to our trainer at the gym's Halloween party.  The fact that we had
a trainer at the gym is kind of laughable to me now.  The insane amount of money I was willing
to shell out is also frightening (ah...life before marriage and a child).  Anywho - I was rocking the Minnie Mouse costume!  I feel this somehow encapsulates my personality quite well - Minnie Mouse is adorable, peppy, and girly :)  My favorite part of the outfit was the white gloves (which you sadly cannot see...) which I threw in everyone's face as the night went on.

(Why I'm flashing the peace sign is unclear to me....as was most of the night

past ten o'clock...but that's another story...)

 

2009

Rob and I's first Halloween together.  Now...at this point we had been together about six months which I thought was a totally acceptable amount of time for approaching the idea of a "couple's costume".  Naturally, I wanted to recycle the Minne Mouse costume and Rob should clearly have been my Mickey...but after an argument in the costume store parking lot, and a failed attempt at a cave women's costume - I went solo as Minnie (I mean, I got to wear the gloves again....so...) and Rob went as "Tequila Poppin' Dude".  Yes, you totally read that right.  I think the mustache and sombrero sold him on the idea -- but dear Lord did I have some thoughts about that costume.  I kept them to myself (surprising I know). And as the night went on the mustache grew on me (literally).

 

2010

This was the year my good friend Amanda started working at the Zoo.  She is super crafty and into making costumes.  We decided (much to the delight of our class) to dress as our classroom animals.  Do you see the turtle shell on her back?  It's made out of cardboard box and she hand painted the exact detail of our classroom turtle Cecil's shell markings on it.  I had clearly met my costume soul mate.  I went as our classroom chinchilla, Chula.  It should be noted that while Chula is totally lovable - she is a tad overweight - so I am wearing a pillow under my sweatshirt.  I thought this costume was amazing because I got to wear sweat pants to work for a week.  Genius.

 

For the actual Halloween party - I again tried my best to get Rob to agree to a couple's costume.  But, alas, the party got canceled and then rescheduled last minute - so we couldn't pull anything off.  Luckily though - Rob was more than happy to resurrect his beloved "beer bottle" costume and I happily wore my pumpkin outfit.  While this costume isn't doing anything to up my sex appeal - it's pretty forgiving when you have some Halloween candy beer bloat going on - so win win, I say.  

 

 

2011

Again - the ZooKid ladies decided to do a "group" costume and since Amanda was on maternity leave...we kept it simple by going with a superhero theme!  Super Carrie! I actually really liked this costume too - because who doesn't want to wear a cape all day?! Now...to decide on my super power...flying? being invisible?  probably just being able to eat whatever I want and never have to work out again.  Yes, yes...that sounds good. 

 

Now...when I was working away on my costume...I could tell Rob was vaguely interested in what all the hot glueing was about.  So, I pitched the idea of being a super hero to him (I'm pretty sure I used the Incredibles movie as support for my argument)....and wait for it...he ACTUALLY WANTED TO DO IT!! Now, let's take this outfit from the top...to our awesome masks...and all the way to the bottom...where we are wearing black leggings.  Or...even from the back - where our capes had our initials on them.  Leave no detail behind is always my motto.  Super Haucks to the rescue!!

 

(I loaned the pumpkin costume to my bestie Lynn...and her and her husband Tom were rocking a couple's costume of Linus waiting for the great pumpkin.  They pretty much killed it.)

 

2012

To go along with my owl pumpkin - I decided to create an owl costume as well.  I enlisted the help of my mom, a thrift store fleece, some felt, and about 15 glue sticks.  When you can't sew, the glue gun quickly becomes your go to crafting supply.  My mom helped me cut and glue all the feathers to my fleece and create wings the tied around my neck.  I later went on to create an owl headpiece too. Again, Rob was all to happy to shimmy into the beer bottle costume once more.  It's kind of his Halloween staple at this point.  He even shrieked to me at one point in despair because he couldn't find it...to which I replied calmly - "I decided to put it on a hanger last year...it's in the closet".  He was probalby just surprised that I wanted to devote closet space to that.  I am too.

 

 

 

2013

I'm going to keep you in suspense for our family costume...but since I know you have probably only read to this point in hopes of seeing some Max goodness...please feast your eyes on his Halloween wardrobe below.  (Hint: there is a tiny sneak peek of his Halloween costume).

 

The real question is...have you started on your costumes yet?  :)

XoXo