Halloween!
Houston was a ninja for the Hal-O-luia party, which involved black clothes and a t-shirt tied over his face, but today he was a witch, wearing an old choir robe and a black peaked hat that Karen made out of posterboard. May i say how awesome his costume was. Awesome. Katrina was Princess Pea again, and Zane wore his storebought Tigger outfit. Unbelievably cute, all. Karen was a hockey mom again, and i was an amateur electrician again.
The weather today was incredible. I've never seen so many people outside on October 31st, hanging about in front of their house, many with fires built in those portable fire pit things -- braziers? There were hundreds of Trick-or-Treaters out as well, dressed as ladybugs, zombies, bunnies, and there was one "dead princess". Eew. One Rubik's Cube -- awesome. I was slightly sad that there were no George W costumes or people dressed up like 401k statements. Because i've been reading political cartoons, and cartoonists seemed convinced that those are going to be the scariest costumes ever.
I really enjoy Trick-or-Treating. It's such a community thing. Even if Karen and my specific community doesn't do much... and there's so much giving! To strangers! The kids scored at least five pounds of candy. Mmmm, candy. With all the neighborly activity and sharing with each other, i think Halloween would be Jesus' favorite holiday. And with the revolting irresponsible consumerism that Christ's own Mass has become, i'm pretty sure that one might be His least favorite. Weird, because Halloween is kind of gruesome and morbid, and Christmas ostensibly represents new birth, grace and holiness.