Happy Halloween and a Hurricane

Evan has been very excited about halloween this year, especially the part about getting to be a trick or treater.  While Grandma Heather was here on her way back from visiting Papa Saunders in Kurdistan, we took her to a local pumpkin patch out in the country to pick the perfect pumpkin. We looked at lots of different pumpkins and had a great time. In the end, Evan decided that the biggest one at the bottom of the hill was the pumpkin for us, so Mommy got to pull it and Evan all the way back up the hill in a wagon to our car.

The day before Hurricane Sandy was scheduled to hit, we decided it was a good time to get our pumpkins carved. The tools Daddy bought for pumpkin carving all got claimed by Evan, but we were able to carve some happy smiles on our pumpkins anyway using stuff from our kitchen.

We finished carving our pumpkins just as it started to rain. Although Hurricane Sandy did the most damage in the New York/New Jersey area, it left its mark on the D.C. metro area as well. We were expecting to lose power, and though quite a lot of people in our area did, we never lost our power. We did however get a leak in our roof about 1 inch in diameter. Paul had to go up in the attic every few hours to empty the bucket we put up there to catch all the water.

We were afraid that the hurricane would mess up our Halloween, but it turned out to be a great night for trick or treating. Evan got a lot of candy and was determined to eat it all in one night. He probably would have done, if Mommy hadn't made him brush his teeth and go to bed. He made up for lost time by eating the rest of his candy instead of breakfast the next morning.