Halloween

To start our Halloween festivities we carved a pumpkin. I figured either Luca would have a ball playing in all the goop, or not want anything to do with it. Unfortunately, aside from a minute or two using the spoon to scrape the last little bit out of the pumpkin, it was the latter. Fortunately, neither Josh or I have carved a pumpkin in years, so we still had fun =) So Luca played in the basement and we created an absolute masterpiece!

Even though this was Luca's second Halloween, it was his first to dress up and celebrate. As shy as he is around strangers and as much as he dislikes new things, I didn't figure we'd actually go trick-or-treating. Especially since he probably wouldn't be able to eat much of anything he got. So we made plans to visit his grandparents and great grandparents and a couple of their neighbors. He was going to dress up as a skeleton, we had the costume for ages. And then the afternoon before Halloween I thought he should dress up as something that he would pick if he understood what was going on. That night I went out to buy him a black sweatshirt and hat, and judged all the people picking out costumes last minute until I remembered I was doing the exact same thing... Eventually found what I needed, made it the next day with help from my mom, and just in time, Luca got to dress up as Jude!

Happy Halloween!