Not too many people can say they have been friends since they were three months old but this is the case for Brad and Inga! They met at play group in 1992. To me it feels like just the other day but they see it a little differently. The picture where Inga is a clown and Brad is a dinosaur was their very first time trick or treating. Looking at these pictures always makes me nostalgic for Albuquerque. Halloween just isn't the same back East. Better weather and more candles in Albuquerque. And the zoo...I miss the zoo! Moving is more traumatic than you realize at first. We have lived in NY 10 years and I still miss the West. Not that I want to move back just that I wish we could visit. If plane tickets magically became affordable it would be great to take Inga and Brad trick or treating one more time at the zoo in Albuquerque. Do you think 17 is too old?
For all the blog readers who don't know this story. Brad and his family moved east shortly after we did. They now live in NJ. Last spring we went down to visit Byrn Mawr and we stopped by for a visit. Well they started right back where they left off fighting over toys...well not quite...They don't seem to be fighting anymore...
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Great story Cindy, and great pictures. For Halloween I turned out all my lights and sat in the kitchen at my computer. I had forgotten to go to the store and buy candy and I didn't want any tricks. That reminds me of one Halloween down here some kids came to my parents house. For some reason my father opened the door and when the kids said "trick or treat" Dad said, "well we don't have any treats so we'll have to take a trick". At that the little boy went out on the lawn and turned a summer sault. Mother did have treats and that kid got extra treats.
I like the costumes!
Don't lie mom - you didn't forget to go to the store! You turn off all your lights every Halloween. Next year I think you should hand out turtle literature :-)
Now why didn't I think of that!
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