Three Year Old Suckers Parents into Halloweentime
Instead of Vintonville, I think I should rename the site JoshuaBurg. Or Joshua Junction. Don’t act like you haven’t noticed– this site’s been on a Joshua roll the last few days… which is OK with me because I can’t get enough of the kid. Still, I’ll try to even things out by working on more posts involving things like “I remember when my pants weren’t as tight”.
Ok. Who am I kidding.
Anyway, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s Halloweentime. And for the first time in many years it really feels like the Halloweentimes I remembered as a kid. There’s leaves everywhere, and there’s a good chance Trick or Treating will be carried out sans parkas and Long Johns or post trick or treat visits to the Active Core Rewarming Technique Center (AKA the closest ER’s hypothermia chamber) or worse, unpleasant naked time in the sleeping bag.
Maybe the “halloweeny” feel has been because Joshua’s been all over it. I’ve tried explaining it’s the Devil’s Holiday and a celebration of murder and debauchery, and furthermore that even thinking about it is an affront to all things good and holy, but he’s not buying it.
Ah, well!
Thing is, I’m not sure where it all comes from as he’s not in it for the candy, No, for him it’s all about the spideeeeeeeeers and ghosteeeeeeeees and mummies! and punkiiiiins and houses that are “all ready for halloweentime”.
Needless to say, we’ve accommodated the excitement with all kinds of crafty stuff like gingerbread “haunted” houses, painted pumpkin bats, jawbreaker ghosts and after much pleading, a trip to the store for decorations.
Speaking of cheap decorations, there’s nothing like your very own Halloween tree. Think Christmas tree, but as a burned out corpse strung with Satan’s little helpers. Kinda like the one at left. If you look closely, you’ll notice the ghosts are the gumball wrapped in toilet paper variety and meant to be there. The missile, Star Wars guy, Jeep, Scorpion, gum ball and praying mantis are not. Those were Joshua additions. When I saw him meticulously arranging, balancing and rearranging his decorations, I said, “Wow, that tree is looking cool!” “Yeah, Papa, it really is.”
A slap in the face to happy, jolly and minty gingerbread houses across the land, this gingerbread house is chock full of spideys and ghostes and dripping orange stuff and spikey things. Who says Christmas has the gingerbread house monopoly?
Joshua was dying (and not throwing tantrums, just innocently asking… which inevitably leads to parental submission) to have a spider and lights in his room. We obliged and now he goes to sleep gazing and smiling at the orange glow of his “punkin lights”.
ANOTHER idea pushed forward by Joshua– the pumpkin bat. He picked this out of a parent magazine and couldn’t talk about anything else but making “Cool bats!” We kind of swept it under the rug, thinking he’d forget, but days later he was still asking. Being suckers we again submitted, which ended up being pretty fun. “Crazy eyes” which has a mouth inspired by a pumpkin drawing Joshua did.
Happy Halloween and stuff!
Very fun, cool, creative, colorful, and creepy Halloween at your house this year.
wow MC i’m impressed! very cute and crafty halloween decor