Halloween Re-cap

Eh, so it's only a week late, but here are some photographs of our Halloween/birthday (and pre-Halloween) activities and celebrations. Enjoy!

Earlier in October, we went pumpkin picking on a rainy weekend. Fortunately there were pumpkins to "pick" at an indoor nursery. Here are Grandpa and the kids carting our pumpkins away. I love this photo.


When the weather cleared we went to another small pumpkin patch in New Jersey (hold the New Jersey jokes...this is quite pretty!). Some of my other photos were published here.


This was one of our favorite pumpkins that we picked- we named him "Bumpy" and I even made a card out of him (you can see/buy my other photo cards here).


I was impressed this year with my 6-year-old's ability to decorate a pumpkin (much better than me):


Every year we trick-or-treat on scenic East 78th Street, where the townhouses and brownstones are decorated beautifully for the holiday, and the kids get the "suburban" feel of going door-to-door for candy.


My three-year-old S. (aka "Thomas") reaches for some treats on East 78th St. Unidentified princess at left.


At home we had a Halloween/birthday party which included this Food Emporium cake which R. had picked out for me. She has good taste:


One of my favorite birthday gifts: two dozen orange balloons from a special friend. What can I say, I am a simple girl with simple tastes...


A last look at "Jack" lit up before he got too moldy:


The next morning was the New York City marathon. Our apartment faces First Avenue which is a prime viewing spot along the route. We saw the women frontrunners speed by. Amazing!


Later on, this was the view from our balcony:


There is nothing like watching world class runners speed by your home when you are recovering from Halloween candy stupor, right?

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!