Halloween Wedding

Valerie Moore and Danny Ingram Wedding

One of our friends in Oregon got married on Halloween.  I took a lot of photos, but will only share this, as this was their private moment.  I thought it was very cool.  If we had it our way, we would have gotten married on Halloween, but we are saving the date for 4/20.  Trevor is crazy.

Wind-Up Toys

These are a few of the things that make me happy. When I moved to Hawai‘i, Trevor bought me a wind-up pumpkin and skull from Longs Drugs in Waianae. 

 Over the years, we've bought a few wind-ups but we always end up giving them away to little kids who came over to our apartment. The chick is from last Easter. And the Frankenstein, Eyeball, Mummy, and pumpkin are for this Halloween. The teeth, I don't remember when we got that, but I've had it for quite awhile.

Missing My Kids

Everyone with kids are posting their babies in costume on Social Media, and I'm over here all sad. It's my first real holiday without mine. Halloween with my kids, especially my youngest, was a big deal for me. Happy Halloween to all of you. 🙂 Enjoy these moments. 🎃👻🎃👻

Also, some kids are extremely shy or scared. My mom used to dress me in what she thought was cute and I'd feel very self-conscious. Then, we would walk passed people dressed as demons, vampires and zombies and I'd be extremely frightened because I had an older brother who tormented me by scaring me all the time. 

I remember taking my kids trick-or-treating and a guy passing out candy, asked a little Vietnamese boy where his costume was. The kid shrugged and the guy said , "No costume, no candy." 

We don't know what financial issues the kid's parents had, or if there is a cultural issue (recent immigrants who are allowing their child to participate in a holiday they don't celebrate in their native country). 

If you are practicing a holiday for the kids...celebrate for ALL the kids.

Autumn is in the Air

This time of year for me... Scary and creepy things. It's the thrill of knowing it won't hurt me. I remember reading the psychology of it and that's why roller coasters, sky diving, and scary movies are fun for people. It's really not about Halloween for me so much as it is the season. It's about walking passed creepy things in the store and the colors of fall that I love. It's the smell of cinnamon, pumpkin spice, caramel, and warm vanilla. Its the scent of rain at the end of October. It's the joy in others celebrating holidays, how happy children are. It's the color of the earth changing. It's the acceptance of the color orange! It's my birthday. It's warm blankets and cool pillows. This is what I love of about Autumn. Now if I could remember to record the horror flicks...

Kids Are Too Old

I hate that my children are getting too old for Halloween. Kalib just stays on the computer in our dark house. Sienna, probably the same, if she's not trying to hit up some neighborhood house party, and Christopher is not as enthusiastic. I want to adopt a kid so bad...

— feeling sad they are all big and Mike doesn't want anymore.

Hi!

 

Happy Pumpkin Month!