halloween!

 

we just got internet up and running in our new flat – hooray!! i’ve had this post drafted since 1 november, and now i can finally publish it :)

we had a pretty happy halloween around here … but i am determined to go all-out for this holiday next year, because it kind of got lost in our move this time around. luckily we had a costume all set for moses a couple of months in advance – a friend lent us the darlingest lion suit! little mo worked on his “rawr” all through october and was pretty stoked to see himself in the mirror when i got him suited up last tuesday afternoon. unfortunately baby boy had been battling a very snotty head cold since our move, but he still got pretty into the spooky charm of the holiday, and loved the special treat of eating some candy.

halloween isn’t a very big deal here in england. and among those who celebrate, there’s much more emphasis on the “scary” aspect and less on the cute/fun/friendly aspect. but i feel like every year more and more people are getting into it, and in certain neighborhoods of london there is great trick-or-treating. i’m really looking forward to next year when moses understands it all a bit more, and i’m less occupied with moving :)

on monday night, the day before halloween, we carved pumpkins as a family. moses loved the guts inside each gourd!




and here’s way too many photos of (puffy-eyed, a-little-under-the-weather) moses in his lion costume. i just couldn’t narrow them down any further, haha. a few people walked by our stoop as i was snapping these and they were absolutely delighted to see this cutie.

 
 
 
 
^^ let’s face it: the majority of the pictures i took of moses that afternoon looked like this – homeboy can hardly ever stop moving and shaking! ^^
 
^^ saying hi to some passer-bys, and pointing out something very interesting down the street. ^^

 
 
^^ just appeasing his adoring fans with a double wave, haha! ^^
  
^^ on our way to meet friends for moses’s first time trick-or-treating! ^^

the neighborhood just north of high street kensington really goes all out for halloween. there were some spectacular decorations and huge crowds of dressed-up kids with their parents. the atmosphere was super fun and moses and i loved going house to house with some of our friends (sadly, ian couldn’t leave work early enough to join us). on our walk home, mo and i realized that our own neighborhood had nearly as many fantastic decorated houses, and less than half the crowds! so next year we’ll trick-or-treat right around here.

 

^^ love these little friends! and moses loved that little lollipop :) ^^

happy belated halloween from moses the lion!
(ps. check out baby moses’s halloween costume from last year – i don’t think i can ever beat that!)