Halloween, Grover, and happy memories
Grover - 1989 - Obviously Homemade. When Heather was 7, she wanted to dress up as Grover (from Sesame Street) and I made this furry costume out of bathroom carpet type fur. Sounds awesome, right? It never dawned on me to paint her face blue, but we did add a red clown nose, and red lipstick. She even carried around her Grover stuffed animal. Sadly, NOBODY guessed who she was. Heather was adorable - the costume, not so much. But every Halloween it gives us a reason to laugh and smile. Heather is such a trooper for posting this picture. I mean come on. We all have those pictures tucked away from our childhood. My Mom did make some of my costumes and they were wonderful. An even better and funnier memory was my Mom walking us around the neighborhood for trick-or-treat, cigarette in one hand and sometimes a glass of wine in the other. No judgements made here. Just a sign of a more simplistic time without cel...