Happy Halloween!

So, last night was Halloween. We had a good night. I just love any excuse to hang out on our front porch. I got out there yesterday afternoon and swept the porch and the steps and sidewalk so that it would look nice for our trick-or-treaters later. I then started gathering items to make a little table arrangement to put on the porch. I didn't want to just have the basket of candy - that's no fun.

Mama came over to help me get Bennett ready, and she decided that the lions on our front steps needed to be illuminated. So, we put a couple candles under their chins to make them kind of spooky.

Then, there was the task of getting Bennett dressed up. If you read this blog, you know I had a hard time deciding what he would be. There were so many options because of his head full of hair, but I didn't want it to be cheesy and regret my choice later. I had narrowed it down to either Albert Einstein or a treasure troll. I wanted him to be Einstein, but was afraid I wouldn't be able to get him to look enough like him to satisfy me. So, I bought the white hair spray but also bought a thing of the green in case I had to go with plan B. I went to Goodwill and got a pair of black pants and a black vest and cut one of Grandpa's old ties down to Bennett size. A white button up shirt, a little black eye liner, and Josh's old saddle oxfords and we were good to go.

I am happy with the way it turned out, but for some reason I see a little Al Sharpton or somebody in him. There's just something that makes him look a little like a black man to me. Am I crazy?

Anyway, he was an absolute hit. The trick-or-treaters loved him, and a couple of their parents took pictures of him. After letting him hang out on the front porch and greet trick-or-treaters for a while, Josh and I put him in the stroller so we could go visit a few of the neighbors. They got a kick out of it. One of our neighbors almost insisted that we send a picture of him into a newspaper or something. No one could believe that was all his hair; they thought he was wearing a wig. And of course, you had a few people talking about how cute "she" was. Seriously? What parent would dress their infant girl up like Einstein? With a mustache and black eyebrows? Okay, maybe somebody would, but not me.

Bennett gave out about ten 'til eight and wasn't able to stay dressed long enough for Uncle Greg to see him. They had to settle for very sleepy and very angry Einstein in PJ's. That was almost as funny as the real deal, if not funnier.

But we got to enjoy Miss Elizabeth dressed up all warm and cozy as a lion, and Miss Malia as a black cat.