Halloween

Cassie had a fun Halloween. Dressing for school, she wore her black tee-shirt with a ghost on it that reads, “Boo!” I braided her hair and she wore stick-on, ghost earrings.

Then she won the classroom pumpkin. Mrs. Allen had a carved pumpkin in the class and everyone’s name was put in a hat. One of the students got to draw a name and Cassie was the lucky winner. It’s a good-sized pumpkin and I asked how she got it home. According to Cassie, Mrs. Allen put it in her backpack! How she got it to fit I have no idea.

(I feel badly though that Cassie won. She has parents who took her to a pumpkin patch, got pumpkins for each family member, we carved them together as a family, and lit them every evening. Knowing the demographics of her school there must be several children who don’t have parents who’ll spend time with them let alone have a pumpkin. Think: rich kid wins the bike.)

Then Mark delivered her to the library at 6pm so we could head-out directly from there. Mark decided not to take the night-off from his part-time night job at Lincoln Square (nee Miller & Paine department store) so I took Cassie all around by myself. We Trick ‘r Treated at several friends’ homes, our neighborhood, Betsy’s, Grma’s neighborhood, and Grma’s. Scott and Cassie had carved a pumpkin Tuesday evening and Scott had it outside all lit up on display.

By Cassie's standards her evening was a success - her treat bag was overflowing. Finally got her to bed at 9:45pm!