Monaloca

Some adults get really into Halloween. I have two answers this. One I’ll borrow from a co-worker, who the other day said something like “I spend the entire year being so creative in so many ways and for so many occasions. This just isn’t one of them.” The other, of course, is “It’s all about the kids!”

We had a jam-packed Halloween afternoon and evening. Kai started celebrating early: Kids Club after school program had parties on both Thursday and Friday afternoons. For our part, Melina and I spent Halloween afternoon at a “not-so-spooky” party for tots at hands-on Habitot museum. We met up with friends Suli and Mikaela who joined Meli playing with ghost dough, slime, and a bean bag toss.

We met Daddy for a quick beer at Jupiter across the street, then picked up Kai and headed to our monthly play group potluck – complete with trick-or-treating! Kai’s mom even joined us for half of our walk down the block. It only took Meli two houses to catch on to the whole trick-or-treat routine, and Kai served the role of proud big brother, teaching her to run from one house to the next and to pick exactly two candies from each bowl.

Luckily, she has no idea that her prized collection is actually super tasty treats. We’ll hold off another year before introducing her to the sugary side of trick-or-treating.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

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