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Gearing Up for Halloween
Carving pumpkins
Inaugural Washington Market Pumpkin Carving Contest
Blue Ribbon Winner in Scariest Pumpkin category
Waiting for balloon animals at pumpkin patch
Busting ghosts at the Halloween Party in the park
Drawing bats
Perfecting his ghostbusting form
I, Robot
Henry’s been asking for a robot costume ever since we watched a movie called “Robot & Frank” a few weeks ago. Today I improvised one from a cardboard box for him. If he maintains his interest, I’ll have to refine the design and fit a little more.
Halloween ’14
For Halloween this year we took Henry trick-or-treating at the American Museum of Natural History after a fun day celebrating with his daycare friends. So he spent most of his day dressed as a T.Rex which was especially appropriate for the museum visit.
Face to face with a monkey pumpkin.
Dining by pumpkin light.
Scooping the guts and seeds out before carving.
Maryellen and the daycare crew in costume.
A family of tyrannosaurs.
Trick-or-Treating in the American Museum of Natural History.
More dinos enter the museum.
Paying respects to an ancestor.
Missing link
Grizzly boy
“Look at that old grizzly bear.”
G O R I L L A
Remembering Wyoming.
Cranky T-Rex
Today we marched in the Annual Washington Market Park Halloween Parade. Neighborhood kids and parents march down Greenwich Street in costumes and enter the park for a variety of Halloween activities. My sister and I almost participated last year, but both our kids fell asleep in their strollers before it started. Henry may have been tired this year too because he didn’t seem very excited about the events today.
Back to the Pumpkin Patch
We returned to the annual neighborhood Pumpkin Patch Party. Some readers may recall that Henry dressed as a wolf last year. This year he attended in a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur costume before changing for comfort and to allow for face-painting. Luckily Henry didn’t have to choose between his preference for Elmo or Spiderman since his face-painter cleverly combined both into a Spider-Elmo design.
T. Rex picks a pumpkin
Face-painting
Spider-Elmo
Pumpkin painting with Mom.
Patch of painted pumpkins
Trick or Treat
Henry wore his wolf costume one last time today for Halloween. He wore it to daycare, where Maryellen had a party, and kept it on when he got home to hand out candy and trick or treat for the first time in our building. All the kids in the neighborhood seemed especially jubilant this Halloween. It might be because Halloween really didn’t happen last year due to the storm, or maybe I just notice more because Henry’s involved now.
Henry and Atticus in costume at daycare. Photo courtesy of Maryellen.
Henry on his way down the hall to trick or treat.
Henry takes advantage of self service.
Henry tries to stick his hand in the flame of the jack-o’-lantern.
Sunday Afternoon Strollers
There were several Halloween events in our neighborhood yesterday. We were intent on joining a small parade that marches down Greenwich Street. This is a chance for all the kids in the neighborhood to dress up and walk to Washington Market while showing off their costumes. Henry and Mae both decided to take their naps shortly after we lined up.
On Sunday afternoon we went for another short walk and discovered a one-room museum, MMuseumm, tucked away in a freight elevator in a small alley in Tribeca. As a belated birthday gift, Julie and I were also able to go to dinner at her favorite dining spot, Les Halles. Thanks to Mark for watching both babies.
Today will be the saddest day of the visit, Julie and Mae are leaving this afternoon.
The parade down Greenwich Street.
This Empire St. Bldg./King Kong parent/child costume was a definite hit.
Mae and Henry take their afternoon nap.
A Sunday afternoon stroll. Julie and me on Franklin Street with the babes.
Julie and Mae at the MMuseum we visited during our stroll.
The Wolf and The Owl
We attended our friends’ annual Halloween costume party this afternoon where Henry and Mae went as the crime fighting duo/educational fable, The Wolf and The Owl.
The Wolf and The Owl
Mae, that’s WHO!
Wolf snarl (or wolf wink?)
Chatting with Tracy.
Chillin’ in the Batcave with Gavin.
Party time
Pumpkin Patch Party
Today we attended a Halloween-themed party in our neighborhood organized by the real estate company that manages our building. There was a pumpkin patch with carving and decorating stations, apple cider, snacks and music. Henry also publicly debuted his Halloween costume. Though one woman asked if he was an angry koala (?), he’s actually a ferocious wolf.
On a side note, I’m proposing that henceforth, an “Angry Koala” will be 2 oz Bundaberg rum, 1 oz Kahlua, 1 oz Coca-Cola and 1 oz light cream served over crushed ice.
Henry flips through “Five Little Pumpkins”, his Halloween-themed book.
Jacqui and Henry
Picking a pumpkin.
Walking through the pumpkin patch.
