Our Halloween extravaganza began last weekend with a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Matt and Katie were visiting from San Francisco, so we all piled into the Subaru and drove over to the patch by our old townhouse. It’s truly just a farm with pumpkins, decorations and a small corn tunnel (not really a maze); there were no bounce houses, candy apple stands or carnival rides. So Kennedy tolerated some photo opportunities, then decided she was hungry and ate for the rest of the outing, while Daddy, Katie and Matt selected some fine pumpkins. She had a diaper that desperately needed changing, so the very cute picture of her in the wheelbarrow is for an impromptu change.

On Halloween itself, we went to Day One in Walnut Creek to take pictures and check out the other little people in costume that aren’t old enough to trick or treat (or even know the humiliation that their parents are putting them through!). So our little sweet pea in the pod posed for a few shots from the pro and we snapped some pictures too. Halloween night was an eventful one in our neighborhood. The funny thing is that I got to see a whole side of Chris that I have not had the pleasure of experiencing in the four years we’ve known each other. “Halloween at home” Chris. He carved three amazing pumpkins, set up a giant spider that would drop in front of unsuspecting trick-or-treaters when he opened the door and had his microphone set up, attached to his amp, so that he could do an evil laugh prior to opening the door. It was particularly scary because the reverb was on, so his bru-ha-ha echoed and shook. He was dressed as the Phantom of the Opera (with his hair slicked back I thought he looked like Gavin Newsom dressing up like the phantom). Some kids were really scared, some of the high schoolers were unimpressed, but it was a very fun Halloween night. One very little girl, after the scary laugh, the dropping spider and finally, her candy reward was asked by her mom “Can you say thank you?” and promptly replied “NO!” before turning to quickly return to the safety of the sidewalk. By about 8:15, we had run out of our relatively substantial supply of candy, and had to shut the blinds and turn off the lights. It looked like the trick or treating traffic was tapering off by then anyway. It was a great Halloween, our first in this new world of “family friendly” holidays and events.

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11.04.08 Halloween