Halloween

After dinner, Halloween night, we used the pumpkin carving set Grandma Sandy had bought and carved a jack-o-lantern.  I carved out the top, cleaned out the fibers and pumpkin seeds, then Noah and John carved the round eyes that Noah requested, triangle nose, and a toothy grin.  With a little difficulty, I placed a candle inside the pumpkin, lit it, turned out the kitchen lights, and we all walked outside so we could look through the window to see our pumpkin glow on the kitchen table.  The candle lasted until late at night.

 A light drizzle began. Noah, in his Spiderman costume, Hilary, John and I, carrying three umbrellas, made the rounds in our neighborhood.  A little shy initially, Noah spoke up more loudly with Daddy’s urging, “Trick or Treat!”  At his home he almost never ate candy, but tonight was a special treat, and he joyfully sorted his loot on the living room floor.  He eagerly answered the door, still as Spiderman,  and dropped  candy treats into the kids’ sacks.