Halloween Happenings

We had a fantastic Halloween season.

The big Moore Family Halloween Party was the week before Halloween in Layton, and Miriam spent the whole ride so excited to go to a party. As soon as we walked in, the host walked out with a scary head on. She turned around and wanted to go back to the car all done with the dang party. But we stayed and she warmed up to everyone especially once the scary head got taken off. There were two noteworthy moments of the evening. First: one of the little girls was showing off all of the toy guns. She had just shown us a gun that shoots out marshmallows had moved on to another one. Brent asked her "what does it shoot?" "Ummm... mostly people." I laughed right out loud. Second: one of the moms was talking to her 6 year old daughter. "Honey, you've had enough candy. Sit down and eat your cake." Again, I but had to laugh.

We spent time at Engh Gardens at their hay maze and at Gardner Village to see the witches. Miriam's favorite was the "Witchy Poo," who was in an outhouse. She woke up that afternoon talking about the witch on the potty reading the paper. What a girl.

Trick or Treating was great. Miriam warmed right up to the idea that people just give you candy if you walk up to them. But she was very good at saying "thank you" once she got reminded. She has always liked exploring people's front yards, so it was nice to have a socially appropriate reason to walk up to people's front doors. She was absolutely exhausted when she got home. We put her down and didn't hear from her again despite the ringing of the doorbell from the later-than-us Trick or Treaters. I was proud.

So passes yet another successful holiday. On we go to Thanksgiving. We have another set of vocabulary words to master. Good thing "pumpkin" can transfer...


Yes, we are working on the "hands down" idea. It's a work in progress.