Ah, another Halloween come and gone. I had a very ambiguous relationship with Halloween growing up. Some years my mom made fabulous, elaborate costumes for us (I was once a pink crayon; another year, Samantha, the American Girl), some years we pulled stuff together for ourselves (like when I was a "gypsy", i.e., long skirt, head-kerchief, lots of jewelry). Some years we went trick-or-treating, some years we only did church things, some years we did nothing because my dad decided it wasn't cool to beg people for candy.
But having a kid of my own, everything is just so much more exciting! I'm seeing everything through new eyes. And I'm also going to keep up this family-theme costume thing for as long as I can get away with. (Last year we were The Interwebs. The year before that I was still in a daze and I barely remember putting Lucy in that lion costume.) So this year we were the Noodles from Elmo's World on Sesame Street. Mr. Noodle, and Mr. Noodle's sister Miss Noodle, and Mr. Noodle's other sister Miss Noodle. (That's how Elmo introduces them.)
[Whatdya think? Christmas card photo?]
[I told her to make Miss Noodle face.]
[Lucy's attempts to take a photo of me in my Miss Noodle costume.]
I spent precisely 75 cents to put these costumes together: I found Lucy a too-big little boy suit vest at a rummage sale. The rest was stuff we had around the house.
We also carved a pumpkin! Our very, very nice neighbor lady (who is moving, sad face), has gardened the heck out of her yard and actually grew pumpkins! Successfully! (I've heard this can be difficult, although I guess I shouldn't be surprised that pumpkins grow easily in Humboldt County. It's like the frickin' Garden of Eden here.) And then she gave us one! She's outside a lot, so whenever we walk by, Lucy starts talking to her. Neighbor Lady kind of doesn't have a choice. But I'm pretty sure she likes Lucy.
[We had the pumpkin for like 3 weeks before we carved it, so Lucy was very excited.]
[Alas, we did not give him a name.]
And we walked around the Plaza (the local downtown shop area) and got candy. I had to mitigate a couple of near-tears situations when Lucy caught sight of anyone with any kind of skeleton mask on. Goodness! I had to have my Uncanny Valley radar on. And it was worse than usual because she hadn't had a nap. Probably too excited all day!
[Where did this kid come from? Coulda sworn all I had around here was a little toddler...]
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