Halloween

From left to right (me in middle school, the gorilla that attacked that lady, a flapper and a red octopus.)



I thought that Lulu would go nuts on Halloween. That it would be her every wish fulfilled. She loves wearing dresses, but what she loves most in this world is candy. I misjudged her. The goodies of Halloween could not compensate for the "CARY"--ness of it. It was way too scary or Lulu. At the church party we went to, she had to be held the entire time because there were a few scary costumes walking around the place.



Mackenzie and Basil, Cyra's friends from school came to the party with us.



Then we went trick-or-treating around Marcus Garvey park and we hit the jackpot. We went up and down two blocks and filled everyone's bucket with candy. There was even a guy giving treats out of his car AND silver dollars. I love Harlem. Needless to say, Lulu got really into it once she realized what was at stake. She could barely walk with all the candy in her hand and in her mouth and demanding to hold her giant bucket of goodies.



Trick-or-treating at the beauty salons and the bodegas was the best part.







Then, doing tricks high on candy.



No hands.

Then, we went to a party at our friends' house. The kids were wired, but delighted. A great halloween.



Just need to give out some props where props are due here. Jared thought up and made this costume by himself (well, Sunny helped too). It included sewing and safety pins and a trip to the craft store. Way to go Jared.

And this was the pre-halloween city party at Central Park. It was raining the entire time, but the kids had a blast.





Watching the dog show.



Eating Smartees.



Face painting.



Lulu's skeptical and then very serious about the whole thing.