10/07/2026
Last October, I shared one of the simplest Photo Bestie ideas I've ever had, and funny enough, it's also one of the ideas people STILL mention to me.
Every Halloween, I take one picture of each of my kids in their costume, print it as a 4x6 and add it to their little Halloween photo album. Then the albums get packed away with the Halloween decorations until next year, when we pull them back out, flip through them, add another picture and wonder how the heck these children managed to grow an entire year when I'm pretty sure we JUST did this.
That's it. One photo. Once a year.
But after you've done it for a few years, you realize you're not really looking at an album full of Halloween costumes anymore. You're watching your kid grow up, one Halloween at a time. The missing teeth, the questionable costume choices, the characters they were completely obsessed with and you somehow already forgot about...it's all in there.
So I finally gave this little tradition a permanent home on the Photo Bestie blog, along with some tips for getting the Halloween pictures you'll actually want to remember. Including my very important recommendation to take the picture BEFORE trick-or-treating starts, because once they can hear other children outside collecting Reese's Cups, your artistic vision means absolutely nothing to them.
And Pal, if you do nothing else with your Halloween pictures this year, print ONE.
Future you is going to be really freaking glad you did.
