All Hallow's Eve

So, i think i'd better get the last holiday blogged about before the next one comes!  Plus, Will has commandeered our laptop for writing a paper over the Thanksgiving holiday, so i'd better get this post written before he wakes up!

(On a random note: graduate school has stolen my husband's opinion!  His brain is so tired from dealing formulas and radars and whatnot, that there's no energy left to give me an opinion on, say, Thanksgiving menu, Christmas card design, or holiday decorations.  I used to view it as a negative thing if he expressed an opinion different than mine on any of these "household" issues ... "What do you mean you want macaroni-and-cheese for Thanksgiving - don't you see all the starch on the menu already?" or "How can you prefer colored lights to white for the Christmas tree?  White lights are so much more classy!"  Now, his response to everything is a slightly exhausted, "It doesn't matter to me, sweetie, just do whatever you think."  And the ironic thing is that I really miss hearing his opinion :(

But anyway, we were in a quandary as to what to do for Halloween this year.  Benjamin is old enough to look really cute in one of those little costumes, but not quite able to appreciate trick-or-treating and such.    But, some sweet friends gave him an awesome costume for his birthday, and we decided to go visit his "Syracuse grandparents" - a dear couple from our church who love Benjamin (and us :).  Anyway, we had a lovely evening, with the cutest little lion you ever did see...