Mischief Night Musings

Aww come on, how is that NOT a mischievous grin?

It's mischief night! So, to cause as much mischief as I can, I choose to do a blog post *grin*. We had a good weekend, a nice mix of household chores and fun. The fun this weekend turned out to be the Newark Halloween Parade. Maddie gave her Halloween costume a test drive, to which she chose to embody the "cowardly lion" and sit huddled against Daddy while the big bad marching band went past! After the first two, however she was enjoying herself and waving to everyone in the parade. After the parade was over, the Main Street stayed blocked so the children could trick or treat all of the businesses along Main Street. I wasn't sure how Maddie would do...but she was holding onto the orange pumpkin bucket and we held hands walking up to Bing's Bakery....her very first "Trick or Treat". I told her what she was supposed to say, when we got to the man at the door, she said "trick or treat" and the man put some candy in her bucket. Maddie stopped. She looked up at the man, looked at her bucket, looked at the man again, then looked in her bucket again! The power of three little words....you could see the wheels turning in her head. These three little words would change her life! Never again would she be without a lollipop or candy, these three little words were the key! She used those three little words at each business that was on the way to the car, stopping and grinning after each successful use. Yes, my friends, Maddie is a Trick or Treater...and she'll be out there tomorrow!

Maddie in her Lion Costume at the Newark Halloween Parade.
Maddie playing the role of the Cowardly Lion.

Tonight, we tried to keep the mischief to a minimum...so we decided to carve pumpkins. One for Daddy, one for Mommy and the one that Maddie picked at the pumpkin patch with Mom Mom. I think it was pretty successful...no screaming or tears from Daddy so all in all it went well *grin*

The pumpkins "before"....

The "during"....

The "after".... Our first successful pumpkin carving!