My favorite time of year without a doubt. For some reason I have always loved fall. I think it must stem back to my childhood when the freshness of a new school year would begin-the blank crisp pages, freshly sharpened number twos, brand new shoes, and the hope, at least, of good grades o: To me Fall has always felt more like the beginning of something than the end...maybe its the the beginning of our traditions starting all over again. To kick it off -pumpkin patch! Then of course Pumpkin carving night (Christina let me host this year!), and of course trick or Treating. Not to mention some comfort food baking in between..
Tatum decided early on that she was to be a kitty Cat for Halloween (no surprise from my animal loving 3 year old)..and of course made a heck of a cute one. Brady ended up being Tatums lion from last year and was so stoked-even though he waa a lion last year (shh dont tell him!) They were both champs at trick or treating too. Tatum was cracking us up all night..after every house she would say "Lets keep going for more trick or treating houses Okay?". The most hilarious part though was that she literally could not simply say "Trick or Treat", accept her candy with a polite "thank you" and walk away. Oh she would say "Trick or Treat"..say "Thank You" and THEN without fail would seek to engage her new candy giving friend in the lengthiest conversation possible while Riley and I were smiling and nodding, prodding her along from the sidewalk (usually without much luck). I was amazed at the sheer randomness of her questions and comments and her eagerness to converse-she was throwing everybody off left and right, as the door began to close, she would follow with-"Are those two Reindeer on your porch?"..or "Do you have any doggies or Kitty Cats?"..or.."What are you supposed to be?" or "Whats that girl doing?" ..seriously anything, to just get them talking. Other times she would begin her conversations with lines of jr. high kids behind her waiting for their turn to score some candy. She never seemed to be fazed. So with that said, we hit up about half the homes, because it took twice as long, but I think she ended up getting about twice the candy because these people just kept plopping skittles and Mounds bars into her pumpkin as she continued talking. Great strategy if you ask me.
