Happy Halloween

I seem to be about a week late with all of my posts. A Halloween post on November 8? Sure, why not.


I guess having a kid means finding new ways to celebrate old holidays. Anyone out there who happens to be reading this who went to the University of Colorado knows all about what a crazy holiday Halloween was in Boulder. My understanding is they completely stopped the Halloween stuff that used to shut down the entire city and turn all of Pearl Street Mall into one giant costumed mosh pit. That's too bad, we looked forward to Halloween as soon as school started.

Halloween seems to have changed since then anyway. As a young adult -- and possibly for college kids now too -- it seems to be all about girls wearing as little clothing as possible and guys, well, guys don't really care what they are wearing as long as the girls are wearing as little clothing as possible.

Now we are past the young adult years and into the kid years. When did that happen? Oh right, 7 weeks ago. The kid years means no more Halloween parties that involve drinking and outrageous outfits. Now it's about kids' outfits and trick or treating. Obviously Ian is too young to trick or treat. He may be able to gnaw on some candy with those gums of his, but I don't think it's advised. He did get to dress up though. Betsy's play group got together and all of the kids dressed up. I missed the whole thing, but my impression is the mothers had more fun than the kids. Anyway, enjoy the pictures of Ian. For all of you who may be confused, no, he's not a frog or a dragon or an alligator or a lizard. He is a turtle. And in the picture below, he is with Sasha, who I can only guess is Tina Turner in her better years. First girlfriend?