Sunday, September 29, 2013

Paper Bag Parade

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I've been thinking about Halloween costumes for my kids, so let's talk Halloween:  For those of you who went to Two Rock (sorry, Karl), what did you make your paper bag into for the paper bag parade?  Also, did you like that idea, or not?

I always wanted to wear my regular Halloween costume, since Mom made awesome ones, but I appreciated the creativity aspect, and Mom said it was to level the playing field, with the migrant worker kids that went there, so I was cool with it.

I remember being:

A cabbage patch kid (looked like Merlina, with a pacifier and stuff)
A gypsy (won that year)
A computer... that was also a red sox fan (I finished too early, so I kept adding stuff)

Note the floppy disc drive and the disc storage thing above it!
and oh my goodness, I think I'm holding a cord!
I remember a kid in my class winning with this awesome fly costume one year, and I think that same kid was a toilet once - with a houseplant and a roll of tp and everything.  It was awesome.  One kid was always a peacock, because he could get peacock feathers at his house.

I'm betting Karl would have been something sports related... or a plain paper bag. :)

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  1. KARI J.September 29, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    The only year I went to Two Rock was Kindergarten, and I was actually sick on the day of the Halloween parade, so Mom took my picture in our front yard after the fact. I was a white bunny. Wait, Karl didn't go to Two Rock?

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    1. kirstenSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:25 PM

      Poor Kari. Yeah about karl. pretty sure. We have to redo the sib school chart. Next post.

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    2. UnknownSeptember 29, 2013 at 8:52 PM

      when i read this post, i had that very picture in my mind!

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  2. kirkSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    I remember being a boy scout and an oreo cookie. For the oreo cookie costume I remember dumpster diving for cardboard on base.

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    1. kirstenSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:26 PM

      Did you try asking the pizza place for cardboard circles first but they were too small?

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    2. UnknownSeptember 29, 2013 at 8:53 PM

      i love that you were an oreo. that's awesome.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 29, 2013 at 8:51 PM

    i only went to two rock for sixth grade, so i was kind of over the whole costume thing, but i'm pretty sure i decorated mine as a cat. and it was pretty awful-looking. i remember mom telling me it was okay that mine wasn't the best-looking paper bag thing. haha.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 29, 2013 at 8:53 PM

      also, i don't believe any photos of my paper bag mask were taken.

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    2. kirstenSeptember 29, 2013 at 9:11 PM

      What mom said- hilarious!!!

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  4. KrisSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:21 PM

    I think I was a dragon one year, but the one I really remember was a Capri Sun drink. The toilet was my good friend Jose's idea. He was the best artist in the class. It was better than everyone's but he didn't win and a lot of people in my class felt that that he should have won. 3rd (or 4th?) grade scandal!

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