This cute fuzzy dog suit has had a long run.
It was worn by the first born boy in my family. His mother thought it was fun.
He decided to be a fireman the next year and it passed to his brother.
“I think you two will look cute!” said his mother.
One will put fires to an end
And the other will be a fireman’s friend.
After each in that family has worn it, it was sent to New York by mail.
It was hoped cousins there would want to scamper and wiggle their tail.
It sat in a box waiting year after year.
No one wanted to be a dog there it feared.
The cousins there chose to be other creatures.
They never wore the suit and doned dog features.
It traveled with other costumes cousins has used to Carolina, it hoped it would be selected and worn
Despite its frizzy fuzz and that it was now a tiny bit torn.
The frugal mom bought a different costume at a consignment sale.
But her Carolina boy fell instead for the Dalmatian costume and its stubby tail.
This year it headed to the sale for others to wear.
They will love it too. It needn’t despair.
This post is linked to Mama Kat’s Writer Workshop.
I love the puppy! My kids would wear it.
I also love passing things along.
I had a dog costume my mom made me when I was 5. It was my favorite of all my costumes.
A fireman/dalmation combo would be so cute for the twins one year. I must remember that!
This is a great idea. Costumes are so extravagant these days. When we were kids we had those plastic masks with the two little air holes in the nose and the elastic string. Way to recycle the costumes from one generation to the next!
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Love this! My mom made me a Winnie the Pooh costume when I was two. It was handed down to my younger brothers and then to our cousins down south. Thanks for evoking some great memories.
It’s besides me why the youngens weren’t fightin’ over this…it’s just too darn stinkin’ cute!!! I love it!!!
I’m sure it will be put to good use and collect any pats on the head and candy in the bag! :o)
Have a blessed and beautiful day sweetie!!!
Unfortunately I am too tall for the costume, otherwise I would have loved it !
Makes sense to me – the next wearer will be just as adorable as the last…
I remember that all three of my brother’s kids were Winnie the Pooh because my sister-in-law thought it was so cute.
Great post!
What a sweet story and poem. My five year old is going to be Spider-Man…for the third year in a row, sigh.
It sounds like it was a good investment by that first mom! 🙂
I love the poem. I thought it was great. thanks for stopping by over at my blog and leaving a comment 🙂
Awww – very sweet poem!
This is a wonderful idea…it makes me wonder what happens to all those costumes???
I love that it gets passed on. Very cute costume. I think my boys would like to be a dog. 🙂
Awww, what a cute post, and a very cute costume! I miss the days of cute costumes. My boys are 5 and 7 so it’s all ninjas and superheroes for us.
What a perfect combo! Happy Trick or Treating!
Somebody will surely love that costume and wear it with joy!
Cute, cute poem! Me and two of my sisters did this same thing when our children were growing up. We would trade off whatever we had made for our children the year before. I have a dress up closet for the grandies. I tell them, come shop at grams for a costume before you hit the store. Sometimes they find something they want to wear. Other times they are wanting something new.
I wish I had costumes to pass down between kids; the dog one is so cute. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until recently that the girls showed any interest in dressing up and I’ve never been an outgoing Halloween person (although I’ve always wanted a reason to be). Now I have it and I am just praying that my oldest’s witch dress from last year is “good enough” for the 8 yr old this year.
What a sweet photo! Glad that cute little costume found someone else to love it!
I love it, I remember when you posted that picture of him all cute in it last year 🙂