Sunday, October 24, 2010

Dress-up


Dress-up is serious business at my house.

Christmas 2003, Caleb--4, Gabe--2 1/2

It started early on.

Dowagiac, MI, September 2004
Caleb, tenderly aged five, played the part of a little orphan boy our town's reenactment of the Orphan Train Riders, which made its first stop in Dowagiac, MI in 1854. Caleb had one line, "Do you think I could go, too, sir?" He was so dang cute, and even now, I'm haunted by his little voice squeaking that haunting line, and I hear the phantom voices of the thousands of children who needed families. Most of the children who rode the Orphan Train were never adopted.


Christmas Parade of Lights float, Dowagiac, MI 2004
(Please forgive the poor quality of this photo: poorest of lighting and crappy camera. I'm surprised it turned out as well as it did!)
Seth's first role in a play. His role at two months of age? Baby Jesus. Please disregard Mary's out-of-character black gloves. She wasn't prepared for how bitterly cold it is atop a flatbed trailer on a windy, Michigan evening. (BTW, our tiny church's simple float won the Chamber of Commerce award for best float. I sincerely believe it was because of the little red face sticking out of the swaddling clothes. Good job, Seth!)



March 2007, Gabriel's 6th birthday party (Couldn't you just drown in the chocolate pools of his eyes?)



Autumn 2006...maybe.



Lily turns three...so December 2006
And I know she is in a princess dress in this photo, but for the most part, she has always been happiest dressing up in bizarre layers of gloves and armbands and belts and headbands.


Michigan, 2006
These two cuties. Scrumptious, I tell you. How did they grow soooo fast? I thought those days were lasting forevah, and than zip. They were just gone.

And sometimes, it's still fun to play dress up.

Corpus Christi, TX, 2010
All dressed up for the Navy Ball.

And none of these photos are from Halloween. So you can imagine the excitement as we get ready for a time when they are not the only kids in the neighborhood dressed up. What are their disguises this year, you may ask? Well, you'll have to stay tuned until after this weekend!

3 comments:

Anita said...

What wonderful pictures! Can't wait to see your Halloween costumes!

alphabet momma said...

Dress up was always my kids' favorite thing to do at your house. You have the king of all dress-up chests!Loved seeing these pictures! Little orphan Caleb....there is room here! You look so beautiful in your ball gown with your uniformed escort!
I love you!

SarahC said...

too cute, and you two look great at the ball! Side note, one of my great, great grandfathers (not sure about the number of great) came from Pennsylvania to Indiana on the orphan train. We thought it was from the Johnstown flood, but the dates and ages don't work out right.