Pumpkins and Poodles

Sometime in August Myka started asking about Halloween. She saw a pumpkin somewhere and asked if we could carve pumpkins and "do Halloween". We decided to explain the timeline of the rest of the year with certain seasonal landmarks, and before we carved pumpkins the leaves had to turn colors on the trees. And before Halloween the leaves would fall down. That discussion happened daily, and when she got a grasp of that she started asking about other holidays. I remember her asking me when it would snow, and I remember saying that it wouldn't happen until after Halloween. Then Christmas would be coming and so on and so forth...

So last night we had our annual Halloween party for my Mom's group. It is always a good time and the kids dress up in their costumes and we have a potluck and there are a few games and then it's over. Yesterday was freakishly windy and cold, and we were happy that this was just our party and not the real Halloween night. As we were leaving the party it was snowing. Really snowing. Probably not much more than flurries but with the wind it was really whipping around and cold and very pretty. As we were rushing from the party to the car in the snow Myka kept saying, "Was that Halloween? Was that Halloween?" I didn't get it at first. I know she remembers trick-or-treating last year and couldn't figure out why she thought that might have been it for this year. Then she kept saying, "but it snows after Halloween." Ohhhhhhhhh. So our clever little absorbs-everything-we-say-and-takes-it-to-heart remembered our timeline and decided that if it was snowing, Halloween must be over. I convinced her that we would still go trick-or-treating on Friday and it would be much warmer. I'm not sure what will happen Christmas morning if there isn't snow on the ground this year...

And here is our little poodle and pumpkin. Both costumes purchased the day after Halloween last year at 90% off in hopes of selling them, but they have come in handy and will be worn for this year at least. I'm thinking of using Eli's for his winter bunting...