I know I loved Halloween as a child. What child doesn’t? But I can’t remember a single Halloween from my childhood. I can’t think of a single costume I wore. But I remember my first Halloween as a mom like it was yesterday.

In October 1994, Keaton was just two and a half months old. I got him two costumes that year. Yes, you heard me. Two costumes for a two and a half month old.

He wore this alligator costume to daycare during the day. He was the most handsome alligator at school with his big alligator eyes and his big alligator nose and that totally cool alligator tail.

Later that night, for trick-or-treating [we just went to my Grandma and my Aunt's house], Keaton and I dressed as cows. He was a little brown cow. And I was a big black mama cow. [It takes a confident woman to dress up like a cow. ;)]

Twelve years later, this is still my favorite Halloween photo of all time. To this day I still have this photo framed. It reminds me of the day Halloween started all over again for me.

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