Halloween

JT is pretty excited that October 31st has finally arrived. He's been ready for the day since he persuaded Grandma to get out her sewing machine in August. This afternoon the Lower School costume parade will wind it's way around the big elm tree in the center of campus. It's JT's sixth year in the parade and he's come to rely on this happy tradition.

In the early evening, he'll join his classmates for a round of Trunk-or-Treat. The parents park in a lot down by the fields and the trees of the canal and then decorate the trunks of their cars. The kids trick-or-treat through the lot with their school friends. It's an incredibly efficient way to collect candy in your Halloween bucket and JT is quite keen on the arrangement. Once the sun sets, we'll join his friend D for some traditional walk-around-the-block trick-or-treating, another pleasing tradition.

Last night, we selected a large pumpkin and then carved it up. We haven't carved a pumpkin together for a few years now, and it was nice to claim that tradition back for ourselves. JT enjoyed scooping out the goopy innards.
I handled the carving and was pretty pleased with the old school jack-o-lantern design.
The jack-o-lantern will join me when I distribute candy at Trunk or Treat. I rather like his toothy grin. He'll get to stick around for election day if he doesn't rot and start to smell funky. Come to think of it, that's largely how I feel about this year's GOP candidates as well.....