I made this paper mache head in arts and crafts in 7th grade and have toted it around with me ever since. I guess I was so proud that it actually looked interesting. :) I kept thinking I could put it on a porch as part of a Halloween decoration, but since I have yet to do it, I think it's time to throw out the head and when our kids are interested enough in having such decorations we can all make new ones. So here it is recorded so as not to forget my artistic abilities in paper mache as a 7th grader. :)
Caleb and I hit Harrison Street this Halloween for trick-or-treating. Harrison Street is this old historic street in Boise that is restored and pretty any time of year. Andy said he read that 2000 kids passed through Harrison Street Halloween night. I can't imagine what people have to spend in candy, but it sure was fun. We got a late start because I was waiting for Andy who ended up working late that night. I finally called him and he said to just go ahead. Caleb liked looking at all the other kids and got lots of compliments on his mouse costume. Everyone looked down and said, "oh, how cute," or, "Look at the cute little mouse!" I was amazed at how quickly Caleb caught on to going up to different houses to get candy! He would say "house!" and get excited to go to the next one. However, he kept wanting to eat his candy instead of saving it in his jack-o-lantern. I took it slowly and at one point we dumped the whole thing in a pile of leaves and kids were rushing by us (it was on the walkway to someone's house) and they didn't stop to let us find the candy. At the end of the night we only had a half full jack-o-lantern, which was fine with me. I'm glad we had the cultural experience of trick-or-treating on Harrison Blvd. Oh, and people went all out decorating their houses but I didn't think to take pictures until it was dark and then none of them turned out.
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