Welcome to Flashback Friday!

Back in October of 2000, Dirty Harry was five months old.  For Halloween that year I bought him the cutest, sweetest and hottest lion costume on the planet.  He absolutely hated it and swore that he’d never keep his room clean a day in his life for revenge on me.  And he has kept his word.  Oh people, has he kept his word!

Over the summer, when we were visiting Charleston, my sister Debbles pulled some Rubbermaid tubs full of boy clothes from her attic for me to look through.  Guess what I found?  Yep!  The dreaded lion costume!

Everyone says that the Cap’n and Dirty Harry look alike, and that is true.  However, there are some differences here.  First of all, Jack Henry is wearing the suit as an eleven month old, and while he has been accused of having a large head, it is apparently not as large as his brother’s at five months old because his face had a lot more room.  Secondly, once he got it on, Jack Henry actually liked being a lion.  Of course, that may have to do with the fact that it was in the 40s the day he wore it, rather than in the 80s when Harrison wore it.  All in all, I think this means that Jack Henry will always have a clean room, and don’t try to tell me otherwise.

Last Saturday we went to the annual Harvest Festival and Trunk-or-Treat at Regg’s farm.  This is Regg.

He’s Big D’s boss, and he’s giving us a hay ride.

Here’s the crew….

And no, I don’t know what Dirty Harry is doing with his face.  Perhaps the sight of the lion costume has triggered some long-buried negative emotions.  Or maybe he is lamenting that he is dressed as a Titan and they are now 0-6.  Or perhaps he’s just being goofy.  It’s hard to tell with that one.

Oh, alright….even though I loathe this picture, here’s one of me…

(Psst…Susan, can you see that Annaleigh is wearing her vest and gloves?  She looked so cute in them!)

We even took the little lion to the petting zoo.  Here’s he’s thinking, “Mmmmm…chicken!”

Ahhh….memories!  That suit is soooo cute that it makes me want to have another one to dress up.

Don’t hold your breath though.  I’m lion…er, I mean lyin’!