One Year — woo-hoo for me!!!

It’s been one year since I was googling a phrase that included the words ‘Austin’ and ‘debutante’ (don’t ask), found Bookhart, and fell into the Blogosphere.

Since 1993 we each carve a pumpkin, take pictures, and frame the results. Here are our 2006 jacks:

What a night. I opened up my makeup chair at 3:00 for the BFF, and wielded makeup brushes and bobby pins non-stop until 7:00, when a troupe of seven eighth grade girls (and one boy) headed out on their mission. Then I went downstairs to find that all the parents had snockered down my wine. Good news: my BBE is truly the best, and stashed wine away for later.

The girls and boy had a great time, and accumulated lots of loot in their two hours of trick-or-treating. Best of all, they had ZERO problem with the fact that three dads were following along. They met up occasionally with another splintered crowd, which had shown up here as an intact group of boys and girls, but later were all over the place and looking kinda boy-and-girl-off-alone suspicious to the dads. This, of course, made them even happier to be trailing their baby girls for hours.

My dad would follow me and my buds anywhere we asked (and a few places we didn’t). Pillowcased of candy were filled while he trailed us without complaint, visible only by the glowing ember of his cigarette. I loved knowing he was back there, and missed him when it stopped.

Halloween is a HUGE holiday for the Littlest, which makes all the work worthwhile. We hope for at least two more Halloweens just like this one.