Happy Halloween!

I really miss Halloween; it isn't celebrated here in NZ.  Sure, you can find the random costume, or 'Halloween' store special, but there's no trick-or-treating, dressing up, or pumpkin patches.  It doesn't really feel like the time of year for Halloween either.  It's warm, the sun stays out until nearly 8 pm, and instead of the leaves changing and falling, the flowers are blooming and the trees turning green.
   

So there will be no celebrating today...I made pancakes this morning while listening to Monster Mash, and I plan on making pumpkin chili to cheer me up.  The few television shows that we get are running Halloween episodes of the sitcoms and talk shows, and it's making me miss fall and home.  Since we won't be doing anything major to celebrate Halloween this year, I thought I would post a few pictures of Halloweens past to remind me of good friends and memories.

 

Me and my sister---a long time ago

 

Me and Jody---black cats!

 Andrew and me---gothic punk and school girl

 

KT, Jess, and me---flapper, devil in a blue dress, and cowgirl

 

Jess, Brig, KT, and me---devil in a blue dress, schoolgirl, cleopatra, and teacher barbie

 

Bellevue Berry Farm

 

Taraline at Pooley's Pumpkin Patch for annual bonfire 

   

And if I had it, I would totally post it, the infamous Halloween commercial of 1989.  Andrew (see second pic) and I were in a Halloween commercial for trick-or-treat safety for Channel 6 News that they played all throughout the Halloween season...for a good six years!  We were dressed as Batman and a clown (respectively) and my mom was the mother clown.  Basically it was footage of us trick-or-treating in daylight, and then our mom checking our candy to make sure it was safe.  At the very end of the commercial, a doctor from Children's Hospital is talking to the camera as the kids knock on his door for candy.  Of course, I am turning around, giving a longing (but adorable) look at the camera.  It was quite cute, and if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about!  

    

I feel a little bit better reminiscing about my memories of Halloweens past.  I hope that yours is filled with little tricks and lots of treats!