Halloween Festivities

Ask me this year, and I'll tell you I like Halloween. This is what I like about it:

• Getting to do whatever festive fall things I want to do.
• Pretending the inflatable jack-o-lanterns and purple-light-cobwebs do not exist.
• Instead, drinking in the height of the season and making a holiday of it!
• 70 degree weather (just cool enough to call it crisp).
• Trick-or-treating with friends. It's fun to be the group of parents watching the kids get so excited running from door to door. It's fun to hear all the people tell your kids how cute they look and then reward them with candy. And I got a kick out of Romney telling the kids, "At this house you have to do a dance to get the treats!" They really did it!

Here's what else I liked about Halloween this year:

guitar and donut night with Jonathan and Eliza

(mostly the donut part) Our raised donuts turned out great (here is the recipe)!

We also made pumpkin spice donuts -- a must try recipe! Mmmm hmmm!

Finally introducing Henry to his half-namesake: Henry David Thoreau. He was so excited to finally meet him! (we're still working on introducing him to Henry B. Eyring)

Watching Henry dance at "the Walden Pond"

Love that clear clear water

Walking around Walden Pond

Crunching all of the leaves

Managing to get lost while walking around the pond and taking a train track detour

You know, living deliberately.