Yesterday and today I've been piecing together a Halloween costume for Zade and I.

There is something so nostalgic about imagining-up a Halloween costume as the weather turns chilly.

When my siblings and I were children, our parents ruled that we could choose to dress up as anything we wanted for Halloween - but nothing scary. Ha! Like that was going to be an issue.

I wanted to be....

a princess (of course)

a pumpkin

a Native American

Liesel (from the Sound of Music)

"a woman going to a ball" (my nine year old self felt gorgeous)

an artist

a hippie

a Scottish lass

a peasant (definitely a downgrade from princess)

Jane (of Disney's Tarzan)

Heidi

the "State of Indiana" (seriously)

and last year....

Hobbes (from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes)!

Do you have a favorite costume? If so, share it!

E-mail me a picture at bethany.joy.shaw@gmail.com by October 30th and I'll post it on this blog on Halloween!