Sam dressed up like a weathered pirate. Ben dressed up as a Ninja jajamaru-kun. Jack dressed up like a vampire. I dressed in my bones hoodie as a generic, comfortable, ghoul. With bat earrings.

I made pumpkin pancakes for breakfast and ate leftover autumnal foods I cooked earlier this week (fall veggie chicken-kale bowls, and leek soup with homemade bread) (Doing physical work is the best for my ongoing vertigo. Lots of cooking and laundry this week).

Sam attended the fall social and also wore his costume to school. After school we carved pumpkins (really down the wire this year!) Jack changed into his costume after coming home from rehearsal around 6:30. I had a fun time helping him accessorize (he stole most of the clothing pieces from me in the first place!). I stayed home to hand out candy. We had about 30 visitors. Ben helped Sam meet up with his friend. The weather wasn’t too cold, and the leaves were still crunching underfoot. Sam came back late with their spoils to eat and watch The Nightmare Before Christmas and Jack got back from his party to join in. I went to bed first! This morning my Saturday Zumba group had a delayed costume class (the teacher was out of town last weekend too). I put together all my spooky-adjacent athletic clothes to make a ghoulish costume. It was an easy, fun Halloween!