And then there's Texas. Our entire neighborhood turned out for a block party. At the peak, there were at least 40 kids with 70+ adults. The moms who organized it did a great job with some games, activities and pumpkin carving. We blocked off the street from around our house down three houses further. Everyone brought some food. I screwed up my spare ribs and they were good but not great. One neighbor made a giant pot of gumbo. And everyone had a fantastic time. Once we got the kids to bed, a lot of the parents came back out sat around a fire pit. I called it a night around 1:00. Some of the wild and crazy ones were out way past that.
Sunday was Trick or Treating. The trend is now to sit outside on either your driveway or sidewalk and pass candy out from there. I like this idea. It made it very festive. The cul-de-sac families just sat together in a group and saw all the kids at once. We went around the circle with two neighbor families and had a blast. Tom and Linda came over and passed out candy for me and the girls were thrilled to be out and around.
Monday was '50's Day at school. Ellie was very interested in what the 50's were like on Sunday afternoon. I showed her some pictures of the people, fashion, icons. New York City. Yankee Stadium :) I showed her a picture of Grace Kelly (arguably the most beautiful woman to ever live.) Her reply: She looks like Mommy. Yes, Ellie, yes she did.
