I have a sort of animosity towards Halloween. I love pumpkins and the symbolism of fall passing into stick season. I love the kids excitement about costumes and the pumpkins.
This year, we had a fireman and a moose hitting the streets of Jericho. Cally had been a monkey last year and the costume (with some modifications) was able to double as a moose this year. She did say that it was difficult to walk up stairs, because the costume was a bit tight but we managed.
We have headed up to Jericho Center for the trick or treating for the past three years. The Country Store has a cute haunted barn and there are a manageable number of houses to visit. We hit 7 houses in 30 minutes and it was perfect. There is a little old lady who sits on her porch and loves seeing children and they get some candy, but not too much. At this point, they don't know that there are some kids who get to hit dozens of houses and get tons of candy. I'm not really sure what would happen if we got more candy than the kids already get. It becomes the bane of my existence. Every day after school, they ask for a piece of candy and it feels like it will never run out-- and we only went to 7 houses!
My favorite part of Halloween is the pumpkin glow on Cilley Hill Road. I've mentioned it before, but it's so much fun. People carve hundreds of pumpkins, including a 1600 lb one!
In other recent events..... the kids and I attended a Buddy Dubay concert at the library on a rainy Saturday and they loved it!
It's so sweet to see how well they play and dance together.
Hazen got to wear face paint more than one day because he had a make up day at Poker Hill. While they don't allow costumes, they do an amazing job with face paints!
Hazey is learning to be a good cat lover-- petting in the right direction and giving light hugs.
And we went on a hike to find snow. It was the kids idea!
And we found it on November 2nd! We all can't wait to ski.
