Daddio: Halloween Toes Through The Years

We went back through our pictures and tried to find all the costume themes we've done through the years, and with the exception of one year (the mysterious 1998 when Connor and Mason went as Eeyore and Winnie the pooh), we were able to find pictures of every Halloween the Toes have had.  So join me, won't you?

We start our journey in 1996.  It was a magical year when Connor was just a tiny baby, and still dreamed of being an only child!  He went as a pumpkin:

In 1997, Connor still suffered from delusions that he would always be the only focus of his parent's attention.  He went as a dinosaur:

In 1999, Connor and Mason went as a spider and a chicken, both happy in the knowledge that it was only the two of them and they would reap so much candy from every house they visited:

In 2000, we were still trying to get the hang of this whole "Halloween" thing.  We were so young and naive, and merely asked the kids what they wanted to be.  There was no coordination.  No planning.  Connor wanted to be a toucan and Mason wanted to be a lizard.  It was as easy as that:

In 2001, the boys suddenly had to make room for their little sister.  The boys chose to be pirates.  And in a first for our family, we made most of their costumes ourselves.  Avery, of course, chose to be a cow:

2002 was a hallmark year for the Jones Brood.  This is the year we proposed to the kids that they go as a theme.  They fell for it.  So here's the cast of the Wizard of Oz.  Gabe enjoyed his first Halloween as the Scarecrow.

In 2003 we let the kids decide their theme.  We debated doing football players and cheerleaders, but then they decided they wanted to be the Justice League.  So they went as Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Wonderwoman and, in her debut year, Marney was Batman.

2005 was another interesting year for the Jones Brood.  They chose to go as the Scooby Gang.  We had Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Scrappy, played by Kiki in her first Halloween.

2005 was great.  The kids chose The Circus as the theme.  We had a ringmaster, strongman, clown, elephant, lion and lion-tamer.

We went old school in 2006, going as classic movie monsters.  We had Dracula, Frankenstein, the Bride of Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, Mummy and the Werewolf.

2007 we let our nerd-flags fly.  It was the year of Star Wars!  Luke, Darth, Boba Fett, a Stormtrooper, Princess Padme, Obi Wan and Max went as Yoda in his first Halloween.

In 2008 we went as Greek Gods, and for the first time the entire family dressed up, including me and Mommio.  I can't even remember who everyone was.  I know I was Zeus and Mommio was Hera.  Marney was Athena and Ava was Aphrodite.  Connor was Poseidon and Mason was Hades.  I think Jack was Hercules and Max was Eros (Cupid). Gabe was Apollo and I think Kiki was Io.

And here's the Brood last year for the Christmas-for-Halloween theme.  We had an elf, a nutcracker, a gingerbread man, a Christmas tree, a candycane, Rudolph, Santa and... Connor, who decided he was too old to dress up for Halloween anymore (gasp!).

So that's the tour!  Hope you enjoyed it and that you'll enjoy Zombie Prom this year.