Lewis was a surfer this year, and boy did he pull it off well! Norah's Auntie Dawn sent him a wet suit a few months ago. After seeing how cute it was, we knew we had a Halloween costume in the makings. Mom and Dad made a surfboard and perfected slicking up Lewis's hair, and that was about it!
We had a lovely Halloween week with lots of celebrating throughout. Lewis and Mommy attended a Halloween story hour at the library on the Thursday just before Halloween. By the end of it, Lewis had learned how to say trick or treat, and was pretty excited about actually getting treats. So, we were in business! We lucked out with 70 degree weather that day too, which was perfect for our little surfer.
That afternoon we met Daddy in Princeton. We actually thought we were meeting up for the parade, but turns out it was the following day. So, little surfer boy strode around Princeton, and we all went to our favorite Indian restaurant for dinner.
Friday evening we actually did catch the Princeton Halloween parade, complete with a DJ and dance party at the end. Lots of fun! That evening our church did a trunk or treat, and Lewis loved running around with all the other kids.
On Saturday, Lewis got a few more treats at the Philadelphia Children's Museum with Daddy. They loved it! Afterwards they joined Mommy at the Macy's in center city. Norah and some other folks from choir were there to participate in a 680 person flash mob singing the Hallelujah Chorus in the middle of Macy's, accompanied by the largest operational pipe organ in the world! It was tons of fun!!!
Here's a link to the you tube video of the event! You can see Lewis (in purple shirt) on Mike's shoulders (blue shirt). At about 32 seconds, they're in the top right corner, and they end up at top center as the camera pans. It lasts until about 47 seconds. If you have eagle eyes, you can catch Norah's face and arm for one second in there, but she's too short! She's blocked for most of that! But, she's singing the soprano the whole time, so listen in!
Sunday was the big day!
Lewis and his friend Carter went trick or treating together through the neighborhood. Neither Mom nor Dad wanted to miss out, so we left a bowl of candy by the door, and spent an hour or so visiting all the neighbors. We have such a lovely neighborhood with so many great people, and we feel very lucky! It was fun to see everyone! Sunday was significantly colder, so our little surfer had to turn in early, despite the layers he was wearing under his wet suit. But, he certainly got the hang of trick or treating after a few doors and loved saying "knock, knock". He didn't grace too many people with an actual "trick or treat", but he was pretty good at taking the candy! In fact, he was also pretty good at occasionally making a bit of a scene because he wanted to eat it right away!
I should mention that Lewis now loves dressing up in his costume. He has woken up every morning the past few days asking for his "board" and "hair"! The candy has magically disappeared overnight, and Lewis doesn't seem to remember it was there. Phew!
Lewis learned something else very important this weekend: how to jump in a pile of leaves. Daddy raked the front yard, and the two girls next door came over to show Lewis just how jumping is done! They had a ball. We spent well over an hour jumping in leaves together. A perfect fall afternoon!
