Costumes - Second Chapter - Clown outfits

The second part of my story is clown outfits. I had a portable sewing machine which made things very easy. Our oldest son Steve has a birthday near Halloween. When he was either one or two on Halloween I made him a clown outfit. I gave him a small plastic pumpkin, put a candle in it and put him in front of his grandparent's door. As they opened the door the candle flared up and set his ruff on fire. No harm done but not recommended. As the years went by I made clown outfits for our children who passed them down. After our children were grown and married, our grandchildren appeared and had birthday parties. We got to put on our clown suits and run the games. One year we branched out to the Wichita grandchildren. I know when we appeared at the door for Drew's fourth birthday his younger brother, Chris, met us and said "Clowns go home." We did not go. Ray had a red and white outfit and I wore a two piece number. As the years went on, Ringling Brother's offered Ray a chance to be in their circus. He took his clown suit to the circus. We did not see him but we did see the "Bum" clown hanging around. Hayden and I did not like him. He never said anything he just stood and looked at us. It turned out it was Ray. They had not liked the clown suit he brought. The clown suits hang in the closet now along with other halloween costumes.