Our family tradition of dressing up together continued! Jawsh made paper cut outs and we took a picture together proclaiming: Happy Harris-ween. In the evening, we showed the boys The Addams Family (circa 199) and Micah went out our front door and knocked on it a few times to go "trick or treating." This was definitely not as eventful as previous years, but we hope that with new national leadership things will change soon. What will Thanksgiving be like this year???
The cousins had a good time making their gingerbread Halloween Shacks. They were online together goofing, creating, and presenting to one another. Micah got super silly and spread black frosting all over his face proclaiming he went through "puberty" and the girls had a great time screaming at one another. They also played a “minute to win it” game, where they had 1 minute to cover someone in TP to look like a mummy. The boys were unsuccessful. At the end of the evening, they enjoyed playing Minecraft with one another. This was a crazy Halloween get together but I think the kids had a great time. What are we going to do tomorrow???
Yet another school project... this time Micah made a carbon atom with fruit. He felt so lucky because his teacher chose him first to choose the element he wanted to represent. He wisely chose Carbon with an atomic number of 6 (unlike Noah who chose Phosphorus last year that had an atomic number of 15). The best part of Micah's project was that we could eat it when he was done taking the picture! What project will he have to complete next???
Another school project... Micah painted a pumpkin in the likeness of... can you guess???
For the past 6 years, we have spent Halloween with the V and K families. This year will be different. There are no costumes, no trick or treat, no parties, no get togethers, no silly games... so this year it was really important to me to BOO these families. I picked up some Krispy Kreme donuts and we left them on their doorsteps with the note, "no tricks, only treats." I miss my friends, as do the boys, and hope that we will come out of this pandemic stronger. What will Micah want to do on Halloween???
We are taking a deep breath and hoping for the best. As we drop off our mail ballots weeks before the election, we have heavy hearts. We know that the way things have been, especially this past year, are not the way it should be. We believe that science is real, we believe in equality, we believe that no person is illegal, we believe diversity makes us stronger, we believe Black lives matter, we believe love is love. We believe that we can make a change. What will happen on November 3???
Happy Zoom birthday to Liam. He is now 9 years old and as funny as ever. He loves his family fully and declares Micah to be his favorite cousin. We hope all of his wishes come true... we wonder what he wished for???
