Halloween 2008

Here is an update on the Welsh Family's Halloween festivities. The kids and I finished up our decorations for the yard, and had such a great time doing it. It's hard to tell who had more fun...me or the kids. Our favorite decoration (and the favorite of passers by) is the Witch Crash (see photos below). We also added a lawn cemetery this year, and made all of our tombstones, and then we made a huge spider out of trash bags. All ideas came from the internet, of course, because I need inspiration (i.e. other people's ideas) to get crafty.


I'm pleased to announce that we had the coolest house on the block for Halloween this year, and since I am a huge fan of Halloween, this gave me much pleasure. Other houses in the neighborhood go all out for Christmas with Santa on the roof and tons of lights. The competition is steep for Christmas. But Halloween was open for the taking. I told Andrew that we had to get in there and claim it before someone else did. He gave me that look he gives me when he thinks I'm doing something silly, but isn't going to say anything because he knows how much fun I'm having.

We carved two pumpkins, and Matthew was all into it, while Kayla didn't like the idea of getting her hands messy. She is a tough little thing, but if her hands get sticky, she is not pleased. Dirt on the hands is ok, but sticky or goey is out of the question for Kayla. The pumpkins turned out great, but unfortunately we carved them the Sunday before Halloween, and by Halloween morning they were moldy and pumpkin juice was running down our front porch. Yuck! Into the trash they went, and after a quick trip to Michael's, a fake carved pumpkin went into their place. So, I'm quite sure we had the ugliest pumpkin ever thanks to my 20 second, last minute carving attempt.



Halloween was spent trick-or-treating with my family in downtown Los Altos during the day. The kids had a lot of fun. Here is a pic of Kayla and Matthew in their pirate costumes with their cousins (my sister's kids...Will the firefighter, Emma the chef, and Marie the ballerina). At night the kids went trick-or-treating with friends Colin and Jared, and since they were dressed as Batman and Robin, Matthew felt compelled to bust out last year's Spider-Man costume.


So, now it's on to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I can't believe how fast time flies. The Welsh family is having lots of fun, and life for us all is still crazy busy. Football season is winding down, though, and we're all looking forward to having Andrew around more.