Josh as Spiderman
One busy Halloween. I spent most of the previous night up uploading photos and trying to get my Adobe Premiere Elements software to recognize my camcorder (“Y’all better recognize!”), which hasn’t worked in a long while. Still not luck today, even with a fresh install of Windows 7. What the heck is going on?
I took Josh to another birthday party — the 2nd party this week, and there’s one more coming up Sunday. Since it was Halloween, it was a Halloween-themed party. Josh had a 2nd costume that we broke out for him — Spiderman. Kids these days — two costumes for Halloween?!?
What I liked about today’s birthday was the simplicity. All of the birthday parties these days feel like large events, like renting a gym. When I was younger, we just hung out at the basement, and we ate White Castle. This party was at a VFW hall, and the kids played games like musical chairs, Pin the Parts on the Mummy”, Hot Potato (or “Hot Gourd”), etc. Traditional, and I liked it. Kids don’t always need all that fancy stuff. It felt refreshing.
My BIL is a scarecrow
After a short break at home, we made the trip to see my sister down south. My BIL and sister were taking the kids trick or treating, and we would…. uh, hang out. Not much to comment on, except folks down there are really into Halloween. House after house was decorated to the 9’s, and lots of trick or treating kiddies and teenagers. Kinda reminded me of my old neighborhood.
Nothing too fancy. We watched Young Frankenstein while they went trick or treating. After they came back, my sister cooked an excellent dinner, as well as baked cookies. When did she start cooking so well? I think we got out of there after 10:30pm, got home uneventfully, and dropped the kids into bed.
I think we should do something more for Halloween next year. I’ve forgotten how fun it can be.