Halloween again, my most favorite of holidays. I haven't been able to host my annual Halloween Party that I enjoyed for three years in a row, but this year we are resurrecting the tradition for the younger set. Lucy and her two cousins (ages 2 and 4) will be attending, along with the rest of Sharon's family. We are planning a backyard fire (not sure if the two boys have ever really got to enjoy one of those before), a "haunted house" (that will basically feature a pretty non-scary ghost placed at the end of a twisty tunnel, some interior trick or treating, and some other general Halloween-related festivities.
I originally wanted to go as Luke Skywalker, ala his Degobah scenes, with Lucy as Yoda in a backpack. Sharon didn't think that was necessarily the best way for Lucy to explore her own options, so we ended up going with a lion costume (complete with mane hood and tail). She loves animal sounds and loves to make a roar that, while not very lion-like, is amazingly bobcat-like.
In my own local phenology, the leaves on my sugar maple have just started to turn. It's nuts; we have the latest turning tree in all of Minnesota. The first few leaves are generally starting to drift down right as the City of Minneapolis does their last leaf pick-up of the year. The last couple of years we have borrowed Sharon's Dad's mulching mower and just used the resulting leaf mulch to winterize Sharon's garden, so it's not been an issue. But STILL...
In my own local phrenology, the bumps on my head portend a kick-ass year for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Hey, sounds like a blast for the little people. I hope that you resurrect the Halloween Party again next year.
Should be a blast for them. Not sure if the "grown-up" version will make a reappearance any time soon. But this one will evolve and mature through the years, and hopefully achieve it's own sort of legendary status. And Jonah will be welcome up here each time.
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