orting the kids through the apartment complex. Hadassah went as a fairy-princess-ballerina and Bobby went as Chase Utley. (It's kind of embarrassing to consider that these "costumes" are actually a part of our kids daily wardrobe rotation).We live in a predominantly recently-immigrated community and this was a first Halloween for many of our neighbors. One woman actually asked i
f us to walk her through the "ritual of trick or treat." (She and her husband were very excited to be a part of this secular American tradition, although they were surprised to learn that it is customary on Halloween to change the diapers of the trick or treaters while their father eats a plate of curry. Exploiting the ignorance o
f immigrants would not have been such a big deal if the kids coming behind us had not been so put off at having their diapers forcibly changed.)It was interesting to see how each of our kids responded to the consumption of excessive amounts of candy. Hadassah became extremely giddy and fun-loving, while Bobby became mean and surly.
We also made a
gingerbread house, which was a really fun project until Bobby realized that the arts and crafts materials were edible. (I'm really impressed with how Hadassah "hams it up" in these pictures. She actually doesn't have anything in her hand, but is pretending to sneakily eat the house in order to make the shot work better.)
Here Bobby shows us the after-effects of Candy Exchange Day. (Contrary to the old-wives tale, smearing tooth-paste on your head will not cure a sugar-hangover.) Apparently Hadassah had seen how funny it was when I had put makeup on Bobby for his costume and decided that she was going to be funny too by splattering his head with eye-liner and toothpaste.
Do you think it sends mixed messages to the kids by taking pictures of their disobedience and then spanking them?
2 comments:
I'm very impressed with your blogging skills. Actually I'm even more with your picture taking skills. FYI this is actually Eric as proven by the lack of exclamation points. I miss you guys a lot. And I'm proud that Bobby has started his baseball career early. I request a blog of the best things eaten so far.. I hear that you have many amazing restaurants nearby, so what all have you consumed?
I love your blog! Super funny! I have been thinking about your guys altely and wondering how it was going out there. I am having dinner with Steph tonight. We are going out for Indian. And i even roped her into watching Aidan for me in a few weeks. :)
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